Author Archives: John Schroeder

About John Schroeder

A spiritual pilgrim (and untrained preacher)...who writes pretty well...and thoroughly enjoys sharing stories of his encounters along the way. Most days, those encounters are occurring in and around my community in Manchester, MO (St. Joseph Parish). For more about my commercial experience, see my Personal Links below. http://www.corpwrite.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/corpwrite https://withusstill.wordpress.com/

Today’s find: Brian Doyle

Posted on June 2, 2017 by John Schroeder

He made it look easy. But I can assure you that it is not.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: A Shimmer of Something, Brian Doyle, First Things, Portland Magazine, Proem, University of Portland, Witness

Today’s find: Back in business

Posted on May 27, 2017 by John Schroeder

Look closely, and you can see some evidence that my favorite golf course was completely submerged just a few weeks ago. But things are definitely looking up at Aberdeen today.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Aberdeen Golf Club, Acts of the Apostles, After the Flood, Ascension, Feast of the Ascension, Gospel of Matthew, Liminal space, Pentecost

Today’s find: Dazed

Posted on May 25, 2017 by John Schroeder

I experienced an epic ‘selfie-fail’ at the ballpark the other day.

In an attempt to photograph the members of my immediate family—who’d treated me to Cardinals tickets—I inadvertently snapped a shot that had more of an ‘Ascension Thursday’ vibe to it.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 60th Birthday, Ascension, Ascension Thursday, Birthday Caper, Dazed, Feast of the Ascension, Milestone birthday

Today’s find: Holy parting

Posted on May 21, 2017 by John Schroeder

There was an audible gasp among “the regulars” at the conclusion of 6:30 Mass on Monday morning.

Fr. Tom, our celebrant—and beloved pastor of 19 years, announced that he’d be moving to a new assignment come June.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Change, Christ-centered, Fr. Tom Santen, Holy Parting, New pastor, Pastor, Sixth Sunday of Easter, St. Joe's Manchester

Today’s find: Taizé

Posted on May 18, 2017 by John Schroeder

We went last night (at least in part) out of curiosity.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Evening of Trust, Piligrimage of Trust, Reconciliation, Taizé

Today’s find: Incognito

Posted on May 13, 2017 by John Schroeder

It’s the oddest thing: Our local branch of the US Postal Service relocated recently…and didn’t leave a forwarding address.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Incognito, Mother's Day, Motorcycle Mama, Post Office, Postal Service, USPS

Today’s find: Sheep Gate II

Posted on May 7, 2017 by John Schroeder

Sheep, for the most part, are an abstraction to me. I see them in photos and videos from time to time, but as a city dweller, my up-close encounters with them have been limited. (Thanks to some thoughts shared by a friend today, the notion of a Sheep Gate has now taken on an intriguing new depth — see his comments, added to my original blog post, below.)

“Sheep” became a bit less abstract for me last summer though, on a vacation trip to Scotland and Ireland. When you get away from the cities in either country, you find sheep practically everywhere.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Good Shepherd, Killybegs, Lamb of God, Sheep Gate, Wild Atlantic Way

Today’s find: Sheep Gate

Posted on May 6, 2017 by John Schroeder

Sheep, for the most part, are an abstraction to me. I see them in photos and videos from time to time, but as a city dweller, my up-close encounters with them have been limited.

That changed a bit last summer though, on a vacation trip to Scotland and Ireland. When you get away from the cities in either country, you find sheep practically everywhere.

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