CLIMB THE HILL MEDIA

Here I go No rhymes this time Random prayer from an addled mind I can do nothing without Your willing it Lord I am nothing And You are Everything I wake up a...

I've started using the rosary to help me focus on the mysteries of Christ's life and help me to relax. Relax? Was that his message? In part, yest I think so....

Meditating about the right use of money this morning. Over the past 20 years I have been given (yes given) a little by this country's standards to live on an...

Silence silence all around Rational thoughts waiting To be found Mild ambient noise The furnace The refrigerator A little tinnitus in the ears I can't force ...

This is a very subjective (to me) meditation on mental illness (a form of which I do suffer from occasionally.) It is subjective because it is based merely o...

God gave us an entire universe of people and things that have the ability to draw our attention including ourselves. Is that good? Of course it is good. One ...

"Easter" Most of us don't even know where that word comes from. I had to look it up. It is irrelevant for the most part. Something to do with an ancient paga...

Blank the mind that starts the day A page for you to write Gone the phantoms of my dreams Disappearing with the night. Soon the sun will brighten our View fr...

Knowledge. Knowledge won't buy your way into heaven. You can't get there by being a know-it-all. Believe me. I am a legend in my own mind at times unfortunat...

Why doesn't god speak to us? That is a good question. I like to think about him as a good doctor sometimes. He doesn't play mind games with us to get him to ...

So much can change for us God. When You are with us. Of course You are with us always in a way. But maybe it is when I am with You. How is it that we become ...

Lord I wander through each day Drifting as I do some times You don't mind my mindless path That is where Your Grace I find Straight the road That leads to He...

As I get out from my bed I offer Thee the day ahead I look out without 'plaint or dread None can go forth in my stead Yoke so easy, burden light work the fie...

Do the right thing! I think that about sums up the readings today. You can find them here if you want to read them for yourself. If you are reading an obscur...

Readings can be found here: Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time The book of Sirach's description of David in the first reading is pretty awesome. The ...

I felt I needed something to keep me spiritually motivated this winter and decided to dig out an old copy of one of my favorite Catholic teachers (via old bo...

When I am writing these posts (or my little book I published) I am initiating a conversation with the reader. I hear no "answers" in my head or anything of c...

That is a very important definition in regards to a lot of things as a Catholic Christian but especially to me personally regarding my ongoing recovery from ...

When I was a young man I took a classical philosophy class that focused on studying "The Four Cardinal Virtues" which are of course Prudence, Justice, Fortit...

I wake up from my bed Dear Lord And make my way to the Kitchen where the coffee pot Awaits the water fah The brew that stimulates my brain To follow suit and...