Relationships with our siblings can’t be taken for granted, as God has put each of us with our brothers and sisters for a reason During a recent father-daughter mission trip to St. Michael’s Special Needs School in New Orleans, Louisiana, our faith-based business group from New York and Washington, D.C., dedicated a significant amount of
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This past weekend, we had our 6th Annual Father-Daughter Mission Trip to New Orleans. This year, the group had 37 missionaries with Fr. Michael Sliney, LC, Amelia Hoover and myself. It was a great experience of service, charity and joy for all the participants. As in the past years, our focus was on the St.
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‘If I was alone in the woods without a cellphone and no one else was around, I would start breaking down’ — it’s time to get back to God Recently I had a conversation with a gentleman from a suburb of New York City on the topic of silence. He laughed at the idea of
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This Bible verse is one many have struggled with, including this priest and author — until finally trusting in God My favorite Bible passage involves Jesus telling Peter to “put out into the deep” (Luke 5:4.) Peter had been fishing all night. He had caught nothing — yet he trusted that, somehow, this would be
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‘Love, trust and forgiveness are the foundations for building these strong relationships,’ says one wife and mom My first lesson in emotional intelligence was a tough one. I was 10 years old, playing baseball in the backyard with my friends, when I heard the phone ringing though our open windows. My grandmother on my father’s
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Seven days of giving to others ‘were filled with so much joy it was hard to believe I was at an orphanage,’ said a New Yorker Most young people working in New York City have very limited free time and very few vacations days. There is a reason it takes over three hours on most
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In the toughest moments of our lives, the comfort of the word comes through, as this priest vividly explains Each day is a gift — and at least for me, the experiences during the day can be seen through the lens of three types of moments: tough moments, teaching moments, and tender moments. Tough moments
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We need God’s love to guide us toward the hard right over the easy left — to do right by others and ourselves “If it feels good, do it.” Why? Does that always lead to happiness? St. John Paul II, in his 1995 homily in Baltimore, Maryland, reminded us of the essential link between freedom
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Family Wealth For more from Brenner visit www.designablewealth.com When I look back at the last 5 years of being a father I can’t help but think how it has changed my life in so many ways. While it is true that I have given up late nights in the city with friends and rounds of
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Maybe start with taking the ‘I’ out of your conversations — and really listen to another person Graciousness in word and action seems to be fading away with the “Greatest Generation.” It would be a pity to lose what our parents and grandparents demonstrated so well. “Let your speech be gentle, frank, sincere, straightforward, candid
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