Author Archives: John Schroeder

About John Schroeder

A spiritual pilgrim...who also happens to be a professional writer...one who enjoys sharing stories of his encounters along the way. Most days, those encounters are occurring in and around my community in Manchester, MO (St. Joseph Parish). For more about my commercial experience, see my Personal Links below. http://www.corpwrite.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/corpwrite https://withusstill.wordpress.com/

Today’s find: Courtyard

Posted on June 4, 2023 by John Schroeder

Moses hiked all the way up Mount Sinai. I merely sauntered across the courtyard outside our church building one recent Friday morning.

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Today’s find: The Revealer

Posted on May 29, 2023 by John Schroeder

When you’re in good company, walking into a home improvement store can play out like a semi-mystical experience.

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Today’s find: Discovery

Posted on May 21, 2023 by John Schroeder

Any good Gramps knows this is NOT the sort of behavior he should encourage in a little guy.

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Today’s find: Always

Posted on May 14, 2023 by John Schroeder

“Do you have a cold?” my dear Momma said to me, just the other day.

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Today’s find: Post-time

Posted on May 7, 2023 by John Schroeder

The ponies were uncharacteristically accommodating to my Sweetie and me during yesterday’s running of the Kentucky Derby.

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Today’s find: Hop and a skip

Posted on April 30, 2023 by John Schroeder

Sure, it’s one of my all-time favorite Golf League stories. But I bet it’s been 15 years since I told it last. Then, curiously, I find myself telling the tale twice in two days – on two different courses.

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Today’s find: Emmaus egg

Posted on April 23, 2023 by John Schroeder

I’m thinking maybe the egg moved.

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Today’s find: Wide open

Posted on April 16, 2023 by John Schroeder

It was not lost on me, the fact that I was encountering an empty tabernacle on the eve of April 14, the calendar date that I consider my “second birthday.”

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Today’s find: Vigil

Posted on April 9, 2023 by John Schroeder

The tree’s been there every bit of 35 years, maybe all of 41 – as long as our eldest son has been alive, I thought. So why did it seem as if it had been planted for just this moment?

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Today’s find: Washed

Posted on April 7, 2023 by John Schroeder

I wonder if the Romans thought it odd, the way they treated a lifeless body just now taken down from the cross.

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