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: Blood seed

Posted on June 16, 2024 by John Schroeder

You have some time to think, as your blood flows into a collection bag.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Blood Drive, Blood seed, Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Father's Day, Father's Day 2024

Today’s find: Weight of glory

Posted on June 9, 2024 by John Schroeder

Tough it was, nearly a physical burden, to answer the bell on Saturday morning.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 2 Corinthians, Golf, Golf League, Kairos Prison Ministry, Menard Correctional Center, Pickle ball, Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Weight of Glory

Today’s find: Bottom’s-up

Posted on June 2, 2024 by John Schroeder

“He’s doing it all wrong,” I thought to myself.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Bottoms-up, Eucharist, Feast of Corpus Christi, Ice cream cone, Waffle Cone

Today’s find: Soup dumpling

Posted on May 26, 2024 by John Schroeder

Chopsticks are a challenge. This reality was confirmed for me when a friend and I embarked on a culinary adventure at lunchtime the other day.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Feast of Holy Trinity, Holy Trinity, Most Holy Trinity, Mystery, Soup Dumpling, Trio, Trio of Tastes

Today’s find: Salad days

Posted on May 19, 2024 by John Schroeder

Br’er Bunny made it onto my sh*t list this week.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Br'er Bunny, Br'er Rabbit, Come Holy Spirit, Feast of Pentecost, Pentecost, Perennial Garden, Psalm 104, Salad Days

Today’s find: Dutch Baby

Posted on May 12, 2024 by John Schroeder

Well now, here’s something new: a pancake that comes with operating instructions.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Ascension of the Lord, Dutch Baby, Feast of the Ascension, Happy Mother's Day, Mother's Day, Original Pancake House

Today’s find: Mystik Dan

Posted on May 5, 2024 by John Schroeder

I’m feeling a bit less like a loser today, thanks to Mystik Dan.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Kairos Prison Ministry, Kentucky Derby, Mystic Dan, OneCityWon, Sixth Sunday of Easter, Surely The Presence

Today’s find: Muffed muffin

Posted on April 28, 2024 by John Schroeder

It was not an unmitigated success, I am sorry to report.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: English muffins, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Over-Consumption, Super-Thick, Vine and Branches, Wetiko

Today’s find: Branch Manager

Posted on April 23, 2024 by John Schroeder

A couple of friends, separately, asked if I was gonna “blog” this week.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 1 John, ACTS Retreat, Branch Manager, Deadwood, Fourth Sunday of Easter, John 15, Vine, Vine and Branches

Today’s find: Science demo

Posted on April 14, 2024 by John Schroeder

A certain Pre-Schooler of my acquaintance found the experiment very much to his liking, I noticed.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Experiment, Gospel of Luke, Grandma's Pre-School, Purple Rain, Science demo, Sensory experience, Third Sunday of Easter

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