At times, we Christians are downright stupid, says St. Paul.
Author Archives: John Schroeder
Today’s find: Guardian angels
Who believes in angels, anyway?
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Tags: Acts of the Apostles, Angels, Guardian Angels, St. Peter
Today’s find: Apple butter
I guess you could say I like to stir things up.
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Tags: Apple Butter, Ecclesiastes, Gratitude, Kettle, St. Joe Sausage Supper, Stirring The Pot
Today’s find: Child-safety locks
Newsflash: An eight-month-old sees the world through an entirely different lens than her grandfather does.
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Tags: Child-safety locks, Isaiah 55, Landowner, Matthew 20, Philippians
Today’s find: Exaltation of emptiness
What an odd thing to exalt, the cross.
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Tags: Christ Jesus, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Moses, Philippians, Saraph serpent, St. Paul, Surrender
Today’s find: Higher call
Sometimes, you think you’ve got the path forward all figured out – only to discover that you don’t wind up where you expected to be.
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Tags: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Forgiveness, Grace, Higher Call, Path forward
Today’s find: Tailgating
Went to my first college football game in about 20 years Saturday afternoon…and it pretty much confirmed for me that I’m not cut out for tailgating.
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Tags: Mizzou, Mizzou football, SDSU, SDSU Jackrabbits, Tailgating
Today’s find: Backyard beauty
Sometimes, the extraordinary appears in the most unexpected places. Take my back yard, for instance.
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Tags: LaSalle Retreat Center, Missouri Botanical Gardens, Mushroom Fairy Rings, Paradise, Stunning Sunset, Summer Flowers, Sunset
Today’s find: A cabin called Joy
At my beloved’s suggestion, I tried something new this past week: Ending our annual summer vacation with a couple of days of quiet ‘retreat time.’
Honestly, I wasn’t completely sold on the idea. I guess it’s because, on some level, I like to keep my ‘spiritual’ side separate from my ‘recreational’ side – both in their own nice, neat compartments.
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Tags: Abbey of Gethsemani, Assumption, Cedars of Peace, Loretto Community, Loretto Motherhouse, Merton
Today’s find: Worthy of praise
‘We interrupt this prophetic diatribe…to bring you a few choice samples of apocalyptic vision.’ That’s about what it felt like at Mass today, with the great feast of the Transfiguration plopped down in the middle of a liturgical week otherwise devoted to a serious rant from the prophet Jeremiah.
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Tags: Daniel, Jeremiah, Ordinary Time, Praise, Praiseworthy, Prophet Jeremiah, Transfiguration
With Us Still 