Can a single swing of the golf club evoke a scene of biblical import? Or is it mere vanity to think so?
I’ve been pondering these questions for several days now – ever since I was the lone witness to a hole-in-one during League play.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Singleton
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Tags: Aberdeen, Aberdeen Golf Club, Ace, Golf League, Hole In One, Singleton, St. Joe Golf League, Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time, Wisdom, Witness
Today’s find: Soaked
We golfers are a curious breed. Generally, we’re reasonable chaps – with enough sense to come in outta the rain.
But once we’re on the course? Not so much.
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Tags: Aberdeen Golf Club, Golf League, Humility, Sirach, Soaked, Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s find: Pearls
I got wind of a writing gig a few weeks back…and I wound up spitting the bit. Continue reading
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Tags: 40th anniversary, Hotel Ignacio, Kuiper Belt, Paradise Partners, Pearl of great price, Pluto, SLU
Today’s find: Ferguson
It’s only about 530 miles from the St. Louis metro area…to Gatlinburg, TN…but five years ago this weekend, I remember thinking it seemed like a million.
Today’s find: Awake, again.
On this, the Feast of the Transfiguration, thought I might re-post a reflection I wrote a bit earlier this year…when we were blessed to visit the very spot where Jesus dazzled…even as some key disciples dithered. Here’s what I wrote back in mid-Lent:
Perhaps Peter should have traveled by taxi up to the top of Mount Tabor. That experience certainly would have kept him from falling asleep.
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Tags: Church of the Transfiguration, Holy Land Pilgrimage, Lent, Lent 2019, Transfiguration
Today’s find: Deadwood
We took a short hike at Castlewood the other day, and by the end I found myself wandering – in a bit of wonder – around Colossae.
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Tags: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Castlewood State Park, Colossians, Deadwood, Meramec River
Today’s find: Arnie & Abraham
It occurs to me that I might enjoy playing a round of golf with Abraham, the biblical patriarch.
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Tags: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Abraham, Arnie, Arnold Palmer, Boone Valley, Boone Valley Golf Club
Today’s find: Fertile ground
It wasn’t a flash mob, exactly…but I had to wonder what the locals thought as they strolled by Ss. Peter & Paul parish in downtown Waterloo, IL last evening.
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Tags: ACTS Retreats, Good seed, Kairos Prison Ministry, Parable of the Sower
Today’s find: No show
‘You got it all wrong.’
This uncomfortable notion turned out to be my main take-away (and perhaps the greatest blessing) of our visit a few months back to the Tel Arad National Park in Israel.
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Tags: First Temple, Jerusalem, No Show, Second Temple, Tel Arad
With Us Still 