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/
Buried deep in a dresser drawer was a photo … and a painful memory.
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| Tags: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Assisted Living, bible, christianity, Departures, faith, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Letter to the Romans, Romans, SHP, St. Henry's Prep Seminary
There’s a whole closetful of stuff at our Mom’s place that’s gotta go.
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| Tags: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, bible, christianity, Declaring glory, faith, God, God of Glory, Inscrutable, Jesus, Romans 11, Sabbath rest, St. Paul, Unsearchable
We met something of a biblical she-goat during a recent pass through the Gorges de l’Ardèche.
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| Tags: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, bible, Canaanite Woman, Christ, christianity, Dog, Dogged, Dogs, faith, France, God, Gorges de l'Ardeche, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, She-Goat
It can be a tad unsettling, the elegant decadence of a river cruise.
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| Tags: 1 Kings, 19th Sunday In Ordinary Time, bible, christianity, Elijah, faith, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Rhône River Cruise, Squall, Still small voice, Stormy seas, Viking Delling, Viking Longship, Walking on Water
One thing you notice about the bridge across the Rhône in Vienne is that it’s pretty much designed to be a spider’s paradise.
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| Tags: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Arachnid, bible, christianity, faith, God, Jesus, Rhône River, Romans 8, Spider web, St. Paul, Sticky business, Vienne, Vienne France
Nothing quite like a trip to foreign lands…to suck much of the confidence out of your sails.
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| Tags: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, bible, christianity, faith, Foreign Travel, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Romans, Trans-Atlantic Flight, Uncertainty
“We do not know how to pray as we ought.” – Romans 8:26
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Look outside our front door and you’ll notice that, at present, the hydrangea topiary is puttin’ on a show. And not a moment too soon.
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Many magnificent bubbles have come and gone on this ancestral hillside in 40 years. I’ve seen them with my own eyes.
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| Tags: bible, Bubble, Bubbles, christianity, faith, God, Gospel of Matthew, In Christ, Jesus, Letter to the Romans, Soap bubbles, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time