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.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Deadwood
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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
Today’s find: Moonshot
We found a piece of treasure a couple of years ago, my brothers and I, as we rooted around the bedroom where we’d grown up.
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Tags: Apollo 11, Moonshot, Psalm 8, Walking On The Moon
Today’s find: Neighbor
Is it enough?
The question popped briefly into my consciousness yesterday, as we spent some time ministering inside the prison.
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Tags: Compassion, Good Samaritan, Kairos Prison Ministry, Menard, Mercy, Neighbor
Today’s find: Slaked
A new piece of liturgical “art” appeared in my parish church this week – and it filled my heart with wonder.
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Tags: Fourteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Holy Water, John 4, Living Water, Luke 10, Slaked
Today’s find: No doubt
In a blessedly sweet irony, Judy was not even “in the house” as the eyewitness reports came pouring in on the feast of St. Thomas.
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Tags: ACTS Missions St. Louis, Didymus, eyewitness, Feast of St. Thomas, Hospice, No doubt, St. Anthony of Padua High Ridge, Thomas
Today’s find: Golf lesson
My driver got out of jail for an extended time yesterday.
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Tags: Golf Lesson, Links to LaSalle, Sts. Peter and Paul
Today’s find: A pilgrim’s progress #TBT
Albert Einstein had it right, I think: Time IS relative. Or at the very least, it seems to be speeding up as I grow older.
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Tags: Fr. Jim Krings, Pilgrim's Progress, SSM Health, St. Augustine
