By the time I arrived (a little after 9 AM), our annual parish apple-butter cooking was in full swing Saturday morning: Four enormous copper kettles, all a-bubble-splosh-and-steaming…accompanied by an iTunes sound track already well into its “country” playlist.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Ring of fire
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Tags: Apple Butter, copper kettle, Forging community, Ring of Fire, St. Joe Sausage Supper, Zechariah
Today’s find: Laborers
I got more than I bargained for when I asked my next-door-neighbor for help the other day.
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Tags: Clearing the decks, Deck replacement, Kingdom of heaven, Laborers, Muscle, Parable of the Landowner, Vineyard
Today’s find: House money
There’s no feeling quite like that of unmerited grace.
Say, fer instance, hearing your name called as the prize winner in a skills contest…when you know for certain you’re simply not all that skillful.
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Tags: Annbriar, Community, Forgiveness, Golf League, House Money, St. Joe Golf League
Today’s find: Gimme mercy
The ‘gimmes’ flowed freely in my foursome at the golf league the other night.
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Tags: Aberdeen Golf Club, ACTS Retreat, ACTS Retreats, Gimme, Golf, Golf League, LaSalle Retreat Center, Mercy, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Joe Golf League
Today’s find: Banquet
A second cousin’s wedding provided the chance for a little extra quality time yesterday with my (slightly) elder brother.
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Tags: Banquet, Gratitude, Khorassan Ballroom, Psalm 63, Spencer & Kate, Wedding banquet
Today’s find: Keys & Kenosis
Dust flew yesterday at Mom’s place, and I was secretly grateful for the airborne irritants.
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Tags: kenosis, Keys to the Kingdom, Letting go, Moving Day, On This Rock, Peter
Today’s find: Exposure
Next time, I’ll know better: Don’t trust the iPhone camera to adequately capture a once-in-a-lifetime event.
Today’s find: Tyre and Sidon
More and more often these days, I notice that I feel like a stranger in my own country.
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Tags: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Canaanite Woman, Child of God, Doxxing, xenophobia
Today’s find: Match play
It’s a pretty safe bet that Gerri did not expect we’d spend our 38th anniversary on a golf course.
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Tags: Golf, Links to LaSalle, Match Play, Pevely Farms, Walking on Water, Wedding Anniversary
Today’s find: Oddity
I did a double-take as soon as I saw the bottle.
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Tags: Coca-Cola, El Toluco, Native place, Oddity, Prophet Without Honor, Taqueria, Transfiguration
