Maybe it was the shaky WiFi connection, but I’m not sure I ever convinced our grandkids (during a recent FaceTime chat} that Gramps was “planting a volcano” in the backyard.
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Today’s find: Lava project
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Tags: 1 Peter, Capstone, Cornerstone, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Landscaping, Lava project, Lava rock, Living stones, Planting a volcano
Today’s find: Clodhopper
Day 47 of “shelter-in-place”: in which “side yard” becomes “garden plot.” And it becomes apparent to the Little One that he has lost his footing.
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Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Clodhopper, Covid-19, Easter Season, Garden Spot, Pandemic, Preparing the Soil, Roto-Tiller
Today’s find: Pandemic Pop-in
Generally, my wife Gerri has found better ways than I have…to make our pandemic “downtime” productive. Sorting through stuff we’ve stored for ages, for example. And yeah: turning all those trays of slide transparencies into digital files we might actually take the trouble to view once again.
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Tags: Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd Sunday, Pandemic Pop-in, Pop-in
Today’s find: A tip for spiritual grooming…
…presented by @lasalleretreat : https://youtu.be/6TojKiR1M5U
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Today’s find: Lamassu
I had a close encounter with Indiana Jones a few months back, and today I find it teaching me a bit of something about hope.
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Tags: 1 Peter, Indiana Jones, Lamassu, The OI, The Oriental Institute, Third Sunday of Easter, University of Chicago
Today’s find: Zoom
“Too bad Thomas didn’t have Zoom…”
These days, that’s my initial reaction when I hear the gospel passage for the Second Sunday of Easter. (A familiar tale, yes? The story of Doubting Thomas who didn’t happen to be physically present when the Risen Christ makes one of his first appearances.)
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Tags: Cloud of Witnesses, Didymus, Divine Mercy Sunday, Doubting Thomas, Second Sunday of Easter, St. Thomas, Zoom, Zoom Chat
Today’s find: A Link to LaSalle…
“Social distancing” affects tons of small enterprises…some of which are obvious, and some less so. I’d put “retreat centers” in the less-than-obvious camp, I think: We tend not to keep them top of mind, unless we happen to be going on retreat in a given week.
Which is why I was intrigued by a new program launched at LaSalle Retreat Center this week — called Self Care with LaSalle. It provides some simple, everyday ways for folks to use this “downtime” productively…and may perhaps help generate a little revenue for LaSalle at a time when income from in-person retreats is virtually nil.
You may want to check it out…
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Tags: LaSalle Retreat Center, Self Care With LaSalle
Today’s find: Beyond
One widely-reported benefit of the recent shelter-in-place orders has been the chance to do some deep cleaning. Which, at our house, turned up an entirely unexpected Paschal blessing.
Today’s find: Grand opening
As sunlight faded on our socially-distant Good Friday in 2020, I noticed that our dogwood buds had just begun to open…and offer their beauty to the world…
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Tags: Dogwood, Grand opening, Holy Saturday, Holy Saturday 2020
Today’s find: Sorrowful mysteries
Beauty intrudes, like a gentle kiss from the Holy Spirit…
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Tags: Consolation, Contemplative Mary, Covid-19, DeSmet Jesuit High School, Edward Berns, Good Friday, Good Friday 2020, Pandemic
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