This was definitely not on my list of potential New Year’s resolutions: “Have breakfast with a young man from Zambia.”
And yet, praise the Lord, I can already cross it off – done and done!
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Shadow space
My smart-phone provided a saving grace in the pre-dawn gloom on this, the last day of 2021.
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Tags: Happy New Year
Today’s find: Star of Wonder
Ever notice?
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Tags: Christmas, Christmas 2021, Star of Wonder, The Word Made Flesh
Today’s find: Making haste
The dust-bunnies began quivering in fear around our place yesterday: Out came the vac…and the mop…and even a scrub-brush or two…as preparations began in earnest for us to welcome guests this week and next.
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Tags: Advent 2021, Fourth Week of Advent
Today’s find: Expectations
It’s tough to get lost in Kansas (although I suppose, after yesterday’s game, the Mizzou men’s basketball team might disagree.)
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Tags: Gaudete Sunday, John the Baptist, Kansas, Sunflower State, Third Sunday of Advent, Zephaniah
Today’s find: “Untitled”
They got an eyeful the other day, my grandsons did…when they came across Donald Judd’s “Untitled” in Gallery 253 of the St. Louis Art Museum.
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Tags: Advent, Donald Judd, Second Sunday of Advent, St. Louis Art Museum
Today’s find: Simmering
A new holiday tradition may be taking shape at our house, fashioned from the remains of the feast.
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Today’s find: Burst of glory
The maple trees in our yard put on quite a show this season – offering a late-arriving, but ultimately spectacular array of yellow, orange and red hues to delight our eyes in the autumn sunshine.
Alas, all good things must come to an end. And so I spent most of Saturday removing the leafy remains from the turf. Continue reading
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Tags: Autumn leaves, Burst of Glory, Christ The King, Daniel, Pontius Pilate, Revelations, Son of Man
Today’s find: Clear Bag Policy
There was an interesting “counter-flow” evident on the approaches to Chaifetz Arena, just ahead of the Billikens game last night.
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Tags: Apocalypse, Chaifetz Arena, Clear Bag Policy, EIU Panthers, SLU Billikens
Today’s find: The call of all
“Sainthood is the call of all,” Father Brandon said in his homily.
Then he went on to tell a humorous story from his childhood – when his mother, frustrated at his youthful inaction in preparing to head off to school, cajoled him: “You can be a saint. It’s too late for me. But you, someday, can be a saint!”
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Tags: All Saints, All Souls, Blessed Among Us, Feast of All Saints, Feast of All Souls
With Us Still 