With Eyes of Faith

“Won’t you be my neighbor?”

By Deacon John De Gano

Question: If a picture is worth a thousand words… And a tweet uses only 280 characters, then what good can come from these five or six words?

Answer: On February 19, 1968, they ushered in 50 years’ worth of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood wisdom on PBS stations across the country. Through memorable characters like King Friday XIII, Daniel Striped Tiger, Lady Aberlin and all the rest of the residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, viewers learned to get along in spite of differences of opinion, cultures, etc.

Dressing for Spiritual Success

By Deacon John De Gano

Graduation Day is approaching at schools and universities all across this country, and job seekers are being reminded that they should “dress for the career they want; not the job they have.”

In the Beginning, God created Tico Time and then…

By Deacon John De Gano

When God created the heavens and the earth and set the planets in rotation around the sun he called the darkness “night” and the brightness “day.” And he said that it was “good.”

In Step with Spiders

By Deacon John De Gano

I have a love/hate relationship with my electronic fitness tracker. I balk at the idea that some machine is going to dictate how many steps I need to take each day or tell me I should feel affirmed when it provides me with a three-second flashing light display if (and when) I reach that goal.

Aerating Our Faith Life

By Deacon John De Gano

As I was taking a break from writing this column, I noticed while walking that the grass between the street and the sidewalk was covered with little brown plugs of approximately two inches in length lying all around.

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