by Michael Parise | Jan 24, 2021
When I was 50 I felt 20 years younger. As I turned 60, I still felt like 45. Then at 65 I started to notice changes, though I still felt “young.” Now at 69 I often feel older than my age. How about you? Clichés abound about aging: “it’s just a...
by Michael Parise | Dec 16, 2020
Whether you acknowledge it or not, there is something in your life that needs healing. We don’t live very long before our spirits are wounded by unkind remarks, unreasonable expectations, or traumas that reside in our bodies, ready to be triggered again by the...
by Michael Parise | Feb 23, 2016
I’ve lived most of my life relying on absolute truths. It’s one reason I became a priest; I believed that the absolute love of God could change people’s lives. I still hold onto absolutes: the reality of a spiritual existence, the sun shining brightly, the...