What are the advantages of being served? • We don’t have to do anything, just wait for others to do something for us. • Being served makes us feel important and valued. • We get what we want at someone else’s expense and effort. • We avoid the frustration and disappointment of unfulfilled needs and […]
To ‘Serve’ or ‘Be Served’ That is the question. Read More »
One Sunday night ago on Nat Geo Wild, a special aired called “Okavango Underwater”. I spent some time underwater while exploring the Okavango Delta in northwestern Botswana in July, 1979 with five companions. A freak incident put our lives in dire jeopardy. Our outboard stalled in a papyrus forest. I tilted the motor to see if
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As Father Ed pointed out in last Sunday’s homily, when it comes to taking care of sheep, they are much better off with a real shepherd who cares for them than with someone just in it for the money. In John 10:12 Jesus said, “He who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd,
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There were many times when I told myself a lie and believed it, or at the least acted as if it were true. I didn’t like that about myself, so I made a checklist to help me stop lying to myself and help me stop believing my own lies. I would go through the list
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In an article by Jason Godin, associate editor of Fathers for Good, an initiative for Men by the Knights of Columbus, Godin talks about Oscar winning actor, Henry Fonda: The 1968 film “Yours, Mine and Ours,” stars Henry Fonda as Frank Beardsley, a U.S. naval officer and widower with 10 children who marries another widower
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Douglas McGregor published a book in 1960, now a classic, titled The Human Side of Enterprise. In it he identified two different beliefs we all have about human behavior to some degree: X – The belief that people dislike work and must be forced to perform Y – The belief that people enjoy learning and
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It was so inspirational attending all the beautiful Masses, Missions, Father Pat, Fish Fry Dinners during Lenten Season, Palm Sunday, Holy Week Masses, Lord’s Supper Holy Thursday, Good Friday Stations of the Cross, Penance Service, Holy Saturday and EASTER!!!!!! We are all truly Blessed! These are our upcoming events: – Sat., April 11th, Chapter Meeting/training
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If you own or manage a business you know how important it is to have a healthy profit margin on your product or service. It is also important to control expenses. A well-managed business only nets about 7% of revenues as profit. Higher operating or material costs quickly erode the 7% to zero or into
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