The sanctuary provided no sanctuary last evening, and that was a most uncomfortable feeling.
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Today’s find: Squirm session
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Tags: Discrimination, Peace & Justice Commission, Prison Ministry, Racism, Redlining, Social Justice, Squirm
Today’s find: Sure thing
Heading into the final weekend of MLB’s regular season, I figured the Cardinals would find a way to sneak into the playoffs in 2016—and make a sixth-straight appearance in the postseason.
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Tags: 27th Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cardinals, Gospel of Luke, MLB, MLB Playoffs, MLB Postseason, Mulberry Tree, Mustard seed, St. Louis Cardinals
Today’s find: ‘shroom
We’ve reached the tipping point, I think, with the annuals that adorn the planters on our front porch. After giving us a summer of vigorously contained beauty, the blooms are just about tuckered out heading into these last days of September.
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Tags: Ecclesiastes, Gospel of Luke, Lazarus, Mushrooms, Radical Mycology, Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time
Today’s find: Facetime
We welcomed Francis Thomas into the world the other day, and I marveled at his beauty.
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Tags: Canticle of Zechariah, Ellen and Shane, Facetime, Francis, Francis Thomas, Newborn, Zechariah
Today’s find: Lost & Found
It was an odd feeling, gazing out over the gentle contours of the grassy acres where my home once stood.
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Tags: Gospel of Luke, Lost Sheep, SHP, St. Henry's Prep, St. Henry's Prep Seminary
Today’s find: Giles
A bit of mystery was resolved for me when I came across a hagiography of St. Giles the other day.
“St. Who?”, you say. And that’s precisely my point: I don’t believe I’d ever heard of the man until we landed in Edinburgh on the 4th of July, and took up temporary residence in a flat just across the plaza from that city’s iconic St. Giles Cathedral.
Today’s find: Squadron
I could hear the piston engines – their menacing murmur – long before I actually saw the planes the other evening.
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Tags: Battering ram, Biplane, Biplane Squadron, Biplanes, Gates of Hell, Gospel of Luke, Kairos Prison Ministry, Menard, Menard Correctional Center
Today’s find: Narrow gate
Apparently, our granddaughter’s first attempt to negotiate a narrow gate at the local playground didn’t go all that well yesterday.
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Tags: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Gospel of Luke, Jungle gym, Narrow gate, Tight spot
Today’s find: Dry bones
Live long enough, and you’re bound to encounter it I suppose: A feeling of utter helplessness.
‘So what do you do?’ a friend asked, as he shared the story of a 31-year-old step-niece who’s turning tricks to support her drug addiction.
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Tags: Addiction, Alcoholic, Binge drinking, Dry bones, Ezekiel, First Commandment, God Is Love, Greatest Commandment, Karl Rahner
Today’s find: Ends of the earth
It took almost 37 years, but we finally made our ‘honeymoon’ trip to Ireland this summer.
My dear wife teases me about that every once in a while: How long it took us (i.e., me) to get our act together and visit the land of her ancestors’ birth.
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Tags: Anniversary, County Donegal, Ireland, Malin Head, Marriage, Wedding Anniversary
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