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Today’s find: Cookie diplomacy

Posted on March 30, 2025 by John Schroeder

I go this week.

We go.

And we do not go alone.

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Ambassadors for Christ, bible, christianity, Cookies For Kairos, faith, Fourth Sunday of Lent, God, Jesus, Kairos Prison Ministry, Laetare Sunday, Lent, Menard Correctional Center, Prodigal Son, Psalm 34

Today’s find: A time to tremble

Posted on March 23, 2025 by John Schroeder

I looked it up: a large round galvanized stock tank weighs about 175 pounds, empty.

So very odd then, I thought, to see just such a steel tank suspended 25 feet aloft and crumpled like foil against the trunk of a maple tree in the farmhouse yard.

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Today’s find: ‘attenchen.’

Posted on March 16, 2025 by John Schroeder

Odd, isn’t it? When you’re 6 or 8 it feels like liberation to no longer have a Designated Nap Time (DNT) as part of the daily routine. When you’re 68, you come to see the DNT as one of life’s most profound little blessings.

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Today’s find: Angioplasty

Posted on March 9, 2025 by John Schroeder

On the day after Ash Wednesday, a certain 97-year-old of my close acquaintance emerged hale and hearty from her latest adventure.

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Today’s find: Cookie appeal

Posted on March 2, 2025 by John Schroeder

Jesus, did you ever eat a snickerdoodle? Or how about a molasses cookie? Any cookie at all?

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Today’s find: Patterns

Posted on February 23, 2025 by John Schroeder

It was my Sweetie, the artist, who pointed it out – how the smooth blanket of snow on our deck had morphed into something new, something a bit more interesting.

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