There were lessons aplenty to be learned during Kairos #13 at Menard this past weekend.
Inside the prison…and out…as it happened.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Outsider
I’ve been listening to political promises long enough to know better. Still, this time of year tends to stir up in me a particular angst over one such promise in particular.
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Tags: ACA Open Enrollment, Affordable Care Act, Five foolish virgins, Five wise virgins, Healthcare.gov, Outsider, Patient Trust
Today’s find: Father Fix-It
I guess I wasn’t overly surprised at the crowd that showed up for the “social justice” lecture series at Saint Louis University the other day. The speaker, Fr. Gregory Boyle S.J., is a bit of a rock star as Jesuits go – the author of a New York Times bestseller, Tattoos On The Heart.
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Tags: Catholic Charities of St. Louis, Homeboy Industries, Lally Lecture, SLU, Social Justice, Tattoos On The Heart
Today’s find: Weedless – Quincentenary reflection
I offer a throwback post on this date, to mark the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 theses…a reflection I wrote earlier this year after encountering a curious garden spot in northwestern Ohio.
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The beautiful flower bed saddened me enormously…and instantaneously.
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Tags: Germany, Luther's 95 theses, Lutheran Reformation, Quincentenary, Wittenburg
Today’s find: Wet-rot
We discovered a nasty surprise as our deck-replacement project got under way recently. About mid-afternoon, the contractor tapped on the back door (never a good sign!) and asked us to come outside and take a look.
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Tags: Band Board, Deck project, Deck replacement, Evergrain, Greatest Commandment, Lutheran Reformation, Romans, Rot, wet-rot
Today’s find: Timekeeper
Things did not begin auspiciously for me on Day One of our recent ACTS retreat.
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Tags: ACTS Retreat, ACTS Retreats, Hope House Men's Choir, Timekeeper, Vigilant, vigiliance, You Can't Hurry My God
Today’s find: Extra-ordinary
As I settled in to say my ‘regular’ morning prayer today, I realized that I hadn’t done so for the past several days.
Odd, but guiltless, this realization. You see, those days were spent at a retreat center…where I was serving on team for our parish’s fall ACTS Retreat.
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Tags: ACTS Retreat, Extra-ordinary, John XXIII, Routine, Vatican II
Today’s find: Creamy PB
It’s getting close now, the bottom of the jar. ‘Peter Pan Creamy’ peanut butter, to be precise. And I won’t mind polishing it off…getting that jar out of the pantry once and for all…so that I can return to my much-preferred variety of the bread spread: ‘Extra Crunchy.’
Today’s find: Tom Petty, throwback post
When news came yesterday of Tom Petty’s demise, it stirred up a memory in me…of a blog post I’d written long ago. Back far enough, in fact, that it appeared on my first blog — Steadfast Spirit, in 2013.
I’m fairly certain Mr. Petty never knew that he’d served as my muse of ‘found spirituality’ once upon a time. But I remain grateful for the inspiration, and offer a link to that original post…in tribute to a worthy and memorable rock-n-roller:
Today’s find: Tom Petty, Prophet
Let us pause now…to recall that we are in the presence of the Holy & Merciful One.
IHS
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Tags: Don't Do Me Like That, Refugee, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Waiting
