Author Archives: John Schroeder

About John Schroeder

A spiritual pilgrim (and untrained preacher)...who writes pretty well...and thoroughly 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: Cookie diplomacy

Posted on March 30, 2025 by John Schroeder

I go this week.

We go.

And we do not go alone.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Ambassadors for Christ, bible, christianity, Cookies For Kairos, faith, Fourth Sunday of Lent, God, Jesus, Kairos Prison Ministry, Laetare Sunday, Lent, Menard Correctional Center, Prodigal Son, Psalm 34

Today’s find: A time to tremble

Posted on March 23, 2025 by John Schroeder

I looked it up: a large round galvanized stock tank weighs about 175 pounds, empty.

So very odd then, I thought, to see just such a steel tank suspended 25 feet aloft and crumpled like foil against the trunk of a maple tree in the farmhouse yard.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bible, Burning Bush, daffodils, faith, family, galvanized stock tank, Jesus, life, Moses, Thirds Sunday of Lent, tornado, Tower at Siloam, Tremble

Today’s find: ‘attenchen.’

Posted on March 16, 2025 by John Schroeder

Odd, isn’t it? When you’re 6 or 8 it feels like liberation to no longer have a Designated Nap Time (DNT) as part of the daily routine. When you’re 68, you come to see the DNT as one of life’s most profound little blessings.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Abram, attenchen, bible, christianity, Covenant, faith, God, Gospel of Luke, James, Jesus, John, Joyce Rupp, Liminal space, Peter, Second Sunday of Lent, Transfiguration

Today’s find: Angioplasty

Posted on March 9, 2025 by John Schroeder

On the day after Ash Wednesday, a certain 97-year-old of my close acquaintance emerged hale and hearty from her latest adventure.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Angels, Angioplasty, Desert time, Lent, Lent 2025, Temptation in the Desert

Today’s find: Cookie appeal

Posted on March 2, 2025 by John Schroeder

Jesus, did you ever eat a snickerdoodle? Or how about a molasses cookie? Any cookie at all?

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: baking, Blind leading the blind, cookies, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, food, Good fruit, Gospel of Luke, Kairos Cookies, Kairos Prison Ministry, recipe, recipes

Today’s find: Patterns

Posted on February 23, 2025 by John Schroeder

It was my Sweetie, the artist, who pointed it out – how the smooth blanket of snow on our deck had morphed into something new, something a bit more interesting.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Beatitudes, bible, christianity, faith, Forgiveness, God, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Patterns, Sermon on the Plain, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Snow blanket

Today’s find: Hanging question

Posted on February 18, 2025 by John Schroeder

Puzzled we were, the 6:30 Daily Mass Coffee Boys. Bumfuzzled, and therefore apparently in good company.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 6:30 Daily Mass, bible, christianity, Daily Bread, Daily Mass, Eucharist, faith, God, Hanging Question, Jesus, Miracle of the Loaves, Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Today’s find: Image Playground

Posted on February 16, 2025 by John Schroeder

Took a peek this week at how Siri sees me, and the results were unbelievable.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: AI, AI-Generated Image, Beta Version, Gospel of Luke, Image Playground, Mac OS, Prophet Jeremiah, Sermon on the Plain, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today’s find: Excess

Posted on February 9, 2025 by John Schroeder

Heard there’s a big game today, so I think I’ll make a double-batch.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bible, Call of Peter, faith, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, God, Gospel of Luke, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Super Bowl, Super Bowl LIX, Super Sunday, Wetiko

Today’s find: Back-door welcome

Posted on February 2, 2025 by John Schroeder

The entrance didn’t exactly exude “fellowship.”

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Anna, bible, faith, Feast of the Presentation, Gospel of Luke, Hope, Jesus, Kairos Menard #23, Kairos Prison Ministry, Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Simeon

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