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What Can We Do in the Face of Suffering?
I remember a couple of years ago seeing some TV reports about a heartbreaking situation in Somalia and Kenya that…
Author Mike Eisenbath
Mike Eisenbath
Mike Eisenbath has been married to Donna for 30 years; they have four adult children and two grandsons. He was an award-winning sportswriter for 23 years, including 18 at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with duties that included covering the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball. Severe depression forced him out of that career. He continues to write, with a monthly column in the St. Louis Review and his www.eisenbath.com website featuring reflections on topics such as his Catholic faith and mental illness. Mike is a frequent speaker and radio guest involving those subjects. Among his three books is Hence My Eyes Are Turned Toward You: Confronting Depression With Faith and the Prayer of Jehoshaphat.
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Adult Children and Faith
A while back, I asked someone for ideas for this column. “Why don’t you write about raising kids?” came the…
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Dealing with Distractions
I have tinnitus. The more common term for it is “ringing in the ears.” It’s not a disease but rather…
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Seeking God’s Face
I always cringe a little when I hear people of various Protestant denominations say they belong to a “Bible-based” church…
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Making it Through the Storms
Sometimes you see the storm coming from miles away. The sky darkens long in advance, the thunder roars loudly from…
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Holy Male Friendships
The moment doesn’t last that long. A few minutes, tops. It happens every Saturday morning I’m able to drag my…
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Inviting Others to Come Home
One day last summer, I received an email message from Nick, a man who works for the same company as me.…
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The Beauty of Worn Rings
One Saturday not long ago, I was sitting in my living-room and Colin, my 5-year-old grandson, was on my lap.…
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Can’t Pray? Jump Out of a Plane
I went through an extended period last year during which I had difficulty praying. The stretch lasted many weeks in which I…
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“I Have Missed You, Father”
The “God moment” arrived during the performance of a high school musical one year ago. Not that it should have…