Our grandson, I notice, takes a unique approach to savoring rain.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Salad Days
It took a bit more effort to whip up my lunch today – and the irony was not lost on me.
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Tags: Abstinence, Fasting, Fasting and Abstinence, Lent, Lent 2018, Mortification, Salad Days, Tuna, Tuna Salad
Today’s find: Flu
As flu bugs go, my bout this past week was decidedly on the mild side.
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Tags: Flu, Jesus cures, Kairos Prison Ministry, leper, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s find: Excavation
The specter of heavy equipment at work was enough to stop me in my tracks a few weeks back.
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Tags: Bulldozer, Daily Wages, Dozer, Excavation, Excavator, Hireling, Job, Track Loader, waiting on wages
Today’s find: Winter Rules
The chance to play a mid-winter round of golf stirred up some fretfulness in me, I noticed. Continue reading
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Tags: Anxiety, Forest Hills Country Club, Golf, Mid-Winter Golf, Midwinter Golf, Swing thoughts, Unclean spirit, Unclean spirits, Winter Rules
Today’s find: Rivers
Which river did they pick, I wonder? The thought occurred today, as we celebrate a seminal moment in the life of the early church – the feast of the conversion of St. Paul.
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Tags: Abana, Ananias, Castlewood State Park, Conversion of St. Paul, Damascus, Meramec, Meramec River, Pharpar, Rivers
Today’s find: Queue
Twice during this past week, I felt the feebleness of waiting in queue.
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Tags: Blood Drive, Call of the Fishermen, Control, DMV, Limbic Cortex, Lizard Brain, Queue, Red Cross blood drive, State License Bureau, Surrender
Today’s find: Seekers
The search for black holes in the cosmos; the search for the Anointed One. At first, you might not expect them to have much in common.
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Tags: Black Hole, Lord of the Cosmos, NASA, Nova Black Hole Apocalypse, PBS, Seekers
Today’s find: Troubled or Wise
There’s a certain darkness to the Epiphany, an aspect that’s easily overlooked.
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Tags: Epiphany, Epiphany 2018, Herod, King Herod, Magi, Manifestation, Troubled, Wisdom of the Magi, Wise, Wise Men
Today’s find: Nut @ 2°
One thing I noticed on New Year’s Day: When walking an outdoor labyrinth in a 2° chill, you can pretty much count on having the sacred pathway to yourself.
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