Tag: Welliver
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A Vote for Freedom
I cannot stay silent. This year in American politics has been anything but ordinary. You may certainly find aspects of any or all current candidates for President of the United States not to your liking or even down-right scandalous. You may be thinking you are in a quandary morally speaking because you cannot decide on…
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Don’t Throw Stones; Build Something Instead
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Seventh Sunday of Easter 2016 I am currently dealing with my third and youngest child going through middle school. I am convinced that the middle school years are a time of real purgatory on earth. It is also a time that tests your faith in humanity, because you wonder at…
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All the Time in the World?
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Ascension of the Lord 2016 Nowadays I travel a good bit, which means I am away from my wife and children for periods of time, some short but some long. But what makes it easier for me, besides being able to share the Good News of Jesus with people all…
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Creating Touchstones
Today’s video is one of three available from LPI to help a parish understand the value of Extending the Catholic Community by supporting those who advertise in your bulletin and/or parishioners and Catholics who own businesses in your community-at-large. Living out our faith is not always easy, but with the support from one another, we…
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Video Reflection: Lost No More
I am traveling this week and have limited access to the Internet, so for the next 3 days I will be sharing with you videos that might be of use to you in your own personal reflection or in a parish/diocesan context. Today’s video is an Everyday Stewardship reflection that debuted last week on the…
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Companions on the Journey
I recently supplied the International Catholic Stewardship Council with a reflection on St. Ignatius of Loyola, a great stewardship saint, for a newsletter of theirs. I got teased a little by the Executive Director, Michael Murphy, because he reminded me that Our Lady was held up in the US Bishop’s document on stewardship as the…
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My Sheep Hear My Voice
An Everyday Stewardship reflection for the 4th Sunday of Easter 2016 When I was little I would always cling to the same routine each night before going to bed. I would say to my parents, “Good night.” They would respond, “Good night.” I then would say, “See you tomorrow, okay?” I would await their response of…
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How Hard is it to be a Disciple of Jesus?
So what does Jesus Christ ask of us? What does it mean to be a real disciple? In Matthew 19, a young man with many worldly possessions addresses this question to Jesus himself. The answer given is that one must sell all they have and give the proceeds away to the poor. In Matthew 16, Jesus…
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Let Our Stewardship Convince the Cynics!
Yesterday, while listening to the Gospel about good, old, doubting Thomas, I thought about how much harder it seems for many in today’s world to believe that God is in control. This doesn’t mean we are puppets destined to simply live out a predetermined set of life experiences, but it does mean that Jesus remains,…
Tracy Earl Welliver 