It was bracing, to say the least, when I checked the “Outside Temp” reading on our home thermostat in the pre-dawn hours this morning. (-1) it said. Then I got in the car…and watched, with bemusement, as the mercury dipped lower and lower throughout my short jaunt up the road.
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Today’s find: Vortex
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Tags: Alpha and Omega, Arctic Blast, Frigid Temps, Polar Vortex
Today’s find: G-G-G
In our immediate circle, she has in recent years become known as “G-G-G” – Great-Grandma Georgia. Many more know and love her by other names: “Aunt Georgia,” “Georgia,” “Mom.”
She is beloved, seemingly by all. Even so, in her 92nd year, G-G-G can delight and surprise her second-born son…a guy who’s known her for nearly 62 years.
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Tags: Anima Christi, G-G-G, Grandmother Lois, Great Grandma Georgia, Mother Eunice, St. Timothy, St. Titus
Today’s find: Unlikely
I just love the way this feast day sneaks up on me – January 25, the Conversion of St. Paul.
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Tags: August Turak, Brother John, Conversion of St. Paul, Self Knowledge Symposium, SKS
Today’s find: Ordinary Xmas
Do you hear what I hear?
I’m guessing not…not unless you were within a pitching wedge of Randolph Hall, inside Menard Correctional Center, on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading
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Today’s find: Gridlock
A trip that typically takes about 20 minutes…required every bit of an hour-and-a-half to complete on Friday afternoon. And for that, I was glad indeed.
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Tags: Baptism of the Lord, Blizzard, Child of God, Children of God, Gospel of Luke, Gridlock, Winter Storm Gia
Today’s find: Travelin’
A certain courageous Mommy I know bundled up her 4-month-old and headed off to Ohio this weekend.
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Tags: Balthazar, Caspar, Connections, Epiphany, Epiphany 2019, Gift of the Magi, Magi, Melchior, Traveling, TSA, Xavier University
Today’s find: ‘Yes!’
We’ve turned the page into 2019, and I’m being encouraged, at this King’s House retreat, to say “yes” to the New Year…sight unseen. It’s a Big Ask… Continue reading
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Today’s (#TBT) find: Nuts
It’s a bit warmer in Belleville this January 1st…than last. Still, it warms my heart to recall the rascally encounter I had with the Holy One a year ago today. Perhaps you’ll enjoy the tale, too…
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Good News for Lent…or any season of the year!
John Schroeder
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