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/
Politely put, it was pretty much a beat-down.
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| Tags: bible, Christ The King, christianity, Colossians, faith, Feast of Christ The King, God, Jesus, Overmatched, P-FW Mastadons, SLU Billikens
“This year, we’re going for the World’s Highest!” declared Grandson #1. “Or maybe just a Missouri State Record.”
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Her nephew told a story that beautifully captured the spirit of the holy woman we laid to rest on Friday.
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| Tags: bible, faith, God, Gospel of John, Hope, Jesus, Joy, Joyelle Proot SSND, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Sister Joyelle, writing, zeal
I have to admit: I took an extra measure of grandfatherly pride in the creativity displayed by a couple of young-us we know pretty well.
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| Tags: All Souls Day, Book of Wisdom, Candy-Eating Dragon, faith, family, Garden of Eden, God, Gospel of John, Halloween, Halloween 2025, holidays, Unmasked, Wall-E
It turned out to be anything BUT a masterpiece, my golf round played in Forest Park … under the discerning gaze of the St. Louis Art Museum.
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| Tags: 1 Club Tournament, 7 Iron Tournament, bible, faith, Forest Park Golf Course, God, Gospel of Luke, Jesus, Jesus Prayer, Pharisee and Tax Collector, Prayer, Sirach, St. Louis Art Museum
Found myself between a rock and a hard place the other day.
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| Tags: 29th Sunday In Ordinary Time, Arcadia Valley, bible, christianity, faith, God, Gospel of Luke, Granite, Jesus, Johnson's Shut-ins, Missouri State Parks, Psalm 121
Linen involves hard work. Tedious work. I see that now.
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| Tags: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, bible, Christ Jesus, christianity, faith, flax, God, Gospel of Luke, hackling, Jesus, Lazarus, linen, loom, retting, Rich man, scutching, spinning wheel