Did you hear the joke about Fr. Tom having a meeting with twenty people from our Church consisting of five women, five men, five kids, and five parish council members? The joke is: how many priests were in that meeting? The answer is twenty-one! I bet that you are not laughing, and you might be thinking, "Do you even know what a joke is, Josh? That isn't a joke!" I agree with you. It is not a joke, so my question is, why do we live like it is a joke? We live like Fr. Tom is the only priest in

Do you know what a Champion Leader is? In the Old Testament, we find that a champion leader was one soldier that was sent out to represent the entire army. The other army would also send out their champion leader, and the two soldiers would battle instead of the whole armies. Obviously, the most famous example of this is David and Goliath. We all know the story of the youngest, runt of the family, David going out to fight the behemoth, giant Goliath. Many times in Scripture, David prefigures...

In a culture focused on pronouns, what if we focus instead on prepositions? I think as a follower of Jesus, I need to shift my prepositions; maybe you will feel the same way. If you are like me, then without realizing it, there are a lot of things that you want from other people. In fact, many of us build our identities and self-worth on what we can get from others. We often want others to make us feel good. This could be through praising us, being nice to us, doing what we want them to do.