THOUGHTS

As we wrap up an intense 14 months and with Los Angeles approaching normalcy (with the magical date of June 15), time for some reflecting...

Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such...

Winter for a moment takes the mind; the snow Falls past the arclight; icicles guard a wall; The wind moans through a crack in the window;...

While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening to empire 'And protest, only a bubble in the molten mass,...

Last night, I started reading the McCarrick report. There is a clear failure on the part of several of his brother bishops in the New...

The report, more than 400 pages long, catalogues various reports made about McCarrick to Church officials, some of which were ignored,...

Forgive me blog for I have missed. I played socially distant trivia last night. Trivia - the accumulation of random facts and knowledge -...

If there was ever a time where the differentiator of a Catholic school could shine through - it's a pandemic. Our schools should provide...

Last year, I started this blog because of National Novel Writing Month - and the idea of building in more reflection and sharing into my...

I'm not exactly sure why but it takes a great deal of emotional energy - often - to come up with a blog post. In the pre-COVID world,...

Note: I have no degree. I have no research. I have only my own experience as a teacher, principal, and parent. The ultimate lead effect...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy....

"Do what you can, pray for what you cannot...if your smartphone causes you to sin, get a dumbphone." - Fr. Anthony Saroki, Homily,...

I was asked recently to share what makes a successful school, and my answer was the same as it has been before.  Successful schools...

One of our favorite podcasts as a family is Catholic Sprouts - a great weekday podcast (5-10 minutes) that covers an teaching or practice...

You are constantly facing choices. The question is whether you choose for God or for your own doubting self. You know what the right...

As long as I keep running about asking “Do you love me? Do you really love me?” I give all power to the voices of the world and put...

Jesus’ response to our worry-filled lives is quite different. He asks us to shift the point of gravity, to relocate the center of our...

The role of a leader is to not have all the answers, but to have the questions. - Michael Hyatt [emphasis mine]. Leadership is an...

Teachers can feel like they have a looked-down upon position in our society. I believe part of that is due to a perceived lack of...