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: Parish Gem

Posted on October 12, 2021 by John Schroeder

We will miss you, dear Mary Miller! Our entire parish community was blessed to know you.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Mary Miller, Mary Miller RIP, Mary's Song

Today’s find: Mother & Apple Pie

Posted on October 10, 2021 by John Schroeder

It was “all-hands-on-deck” this morning as Gerri and I teamed to whip up an apple pie from scratch.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time, Apple Pie, Mother, pastry chef

Today’s find: Two score…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by John Schroeder

…and a few weeks ago, our family brought forth in West County an offspring – the first of our three.

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Today’s find: Last Call

Posted on September 28, 2021 by John Schroeder

“Soon” came a bit too soon at our local Breadco as far as I’m concerned.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Breadco, Community, Conundrum, Drive-thru, Last Call, Panera, St. Louis Bread Company

Today’s find: Wild Card

Posted on September 19, 2021 by John Schroeder

It’s a truism that a baseball game tends to proceed at a leisurely pace. (That’s how a fan sees things anyway. The disinterested might put the observation a bit more bluntly: “Baseball is boring!”)

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