So I've been sharing some thoughts on the community going forward, and with all that in mind, here's what we can look forward to over the next couple months:
April 6 - The Journey
April 9 - Live stream by phone TEST/Piazza
April 13 - The Journey
April 20 - The Journey
April 27 - The Journey
May 1 - Watch me on EWTN LIVE with Fr. Mitch Pacwa
May 4 - The Journey
May 11 - The Journey
May 18 - NO Journey (I'll be on the plane to Rome)
May 25 - The Journey - Live from Rome
JUNE - NO Journey - resumes in July
In addition to this, I will try to post a new Way of the Fathers/Meet the Parents episode on Wednesdays, so you can think of the schedule going forward as, for the most part, The Journey live on Saturdays (or watch it later if you're not available) and the podcasts posted on Wednesdays. I'll try to get back to monthly sessions of The Piazza/Pub in July, and I'm pursuing some possibilities for The Forum as well. Thanks for being here, and remember, you don't always need me to have conversation - everyone should feel free to post and interact with each other!
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I'm back, up and running, and ready to go - I should have a new JOURNEY episode within the next week or so - and because you are my loyal peeps, here is an exclusive, just-for-you, behind the scenes SNEAK PEEK into my new office:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
St. Albert the Great - teacher and mentor of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Original Church
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The problem with us men is that often we don't have the wisdom to be a father until we're a grandfather.
This may sounds like some ironic statement that makes you nod your head in agreement but shrug your shoulders in resignation, thinking, well there's nothing we can do about that. But the practical application of that is that it demonstrates how important it is for kids to grow up around their grandparents. But as in our culture the family becomes ever more fractured and spread out, that is harder and harder to do.
Lately I've been thinking that part of the problem is the whole concept of college. It used to be that everyone thought a person had to go to college to make a good living. Not only is that not the case (truck drivers make more money than I do) but now college has gone from useless to actually ruining our kids. But when I went to college, what you were supposed to do is figure out what career you wanted (as if anyone knows that at age 18) and then go away to the college ...
