We can bring three steps or degrees of hope into the world. These include “Professing Hope,” “Seeking Hope,” and “Sustaining or Nourishing Hope.” We have covered the first two, now we are ready to cover the third one, “Sustaining or Nourishing Hope.” Sometimes, it is difficult to hold on to hope because life can get […]

Saturday evening, my wife and I went to a fundraiser for the Red House of Hope. https://www.redhouseofhope.com/ I had a booth for the Green Bandana Project and sold several copies of my book. https://superhumanbeing.net/ Before arriving at the fundraiser, my wife and I attended our weekly mass celebration at the church where we were married.

We will continue our journey studying the mission of hope. Our commission is to open the gift of hope. Inside the box, there are three packages. The packages are to proclaim hope, seek hope, and be signs of hope to all we encounter in faith. We are focusing on seeking hope in our lives. We

There are three steps to making hope a reality in our lives. According to Pam Sininck, We profess hope, we seek hope, and we share hope by bringing it into the world. We covered professing hope yesterday, now, we will move on to learn how to seek hope in our lives. How do we seek

A wise person once told me, “We teach what we want to learn.” Hope has been elusive and abstract for me. Pam Sininck is helping me understand hope in a series of talks at our parish. I want to write about hope through the mind of our Recovery. How is hope significant to our lives?

For the last three days, our parish has been sponsoring a mission, “Pilgrimage In Hope,” with Pam Sirinek. Her message aligns with the hope we discover in Recovery. Recovery gives us the gift of hope. Our undertaking is to open the gift and proclaim hope, seek hope, and be a sign of hope to all

Proclaiming recovery can cure every ailment we have. We may be thinking Huh?      This sentence assures us of recovery’s good news of healing. Sometimes the healing is mental, sometimes physical, and sometimes spiritual. In many situations, healing and relief from what is lacking in our lives reveal the power of recovery. It shows us what

I will offer an update about a decrease in one of the medications I take for depression and anxiety. Each day, on a scale from 1 to 10, I note my mood level. 1 = Low and 10 = High. Beginning on February 5, 2025 through today, I averaged 6.9, which shows an increase from

We sometimes put our total trust in human beings and turn away from our program of Recovery. Our hearts dismiss the 12 steps or another program we work with. Some people call it laziness, while others have difficulty sustaining a daily practice. Regardless, when we stay in our comfort zones and circumvent our journey of

Some of us grew up in homes where mental and emotional support was lacking. Some of us grew up in a home where we experienced physical and sexual abuse. Those of us that survived did it with courage, faith, and resiliency. Let’s go ahead and celebrate our healing. Looking back to our childhood, young adulthood,