Dad’s been gone for nearly 39 years now – about 60% of my life’s span. And yet, our kitchen was filled this weekend with the savory aroma of his presence.
Continue readingToday’s find: Tracks
I make the same trek almost every weekday, but this morning, I noticed that my journey left a distinct set of tracks.
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Tags: Daily Mass, Conversion of St. Paul, Tracks, A & G, Grandparents
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Today’s find: Yo, bro
These days, it’s become a rarer thing to have two grandsons in the house at the same time.
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Tags: Brotherly love, Brothers, Sibling Dynamics, Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Today’s find: Miller’s sink
When you live in a certain place for upwards of 30 years, you’re inclined to claim ownership of the spot. But in truth, we’re really more like squatters, aren’t we?
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Tags: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary time, Corinthians, Miller's sink, Remodel
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Today’s find: Not so Ordinary
One of the perks of going to daily Mass is that you encounter liturgical quirks from time to time.
Continue readingToday’s find: $30 hole
There are times when my dark heart is filled with an intense envy. Times…like the recent weekday afternoon, when a purportedly “easy” home improvement project descended into a tar-pit of personal incompetence.
Continue readingToday’s find: Sacred spritz
In the moment, it seemed like the tiniest of graces – a blessing we did not even realize we desired.
Continue readingToday’s find: Innocents
If there’s an upside to a diminished sense of hearing, I suppose it’s this: One is able to tune out peripheral babble…and focus more intently on the profound.
Continue readingToday’s find: Winter’s light
Ever notice?
This time of year, the stars seem especially bright.
It’s almost as if the sky is clearer…and the heavens are closer to earth than they are in the summertime.
Continue readingToday’s find: Towering
We waited in silence ten years or more for the bell to ring. Then in the pre-dawn darkness of a late-Advent morning it tolled, at a notably non-liturgical hour.
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Tags: Bell Tower, Fourth Sunday of Advent, St. Joseph Manchester
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John Schroeder
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