It was bracing, to say the least, when I checked the “Outside Temp” reading on our home thermostat in the pre-dawn hours this morning. (-1) it said. Then I got in the car…and watched, with bemusement, as the mercury dipped lower and lower throughout my short jaunt up the road.
Today’s find: Vortex
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Tags: Alpha and Omega, Arctic Blast, Frigid Temps, Polar Vortex
Today’s find: G-G-G
In our immediate circle, she has in recent years become known as “G-G-G” – Great-Grandma Georgia. Many more know and love her by other names: “Aunt Georgia,” “Georgia,” “Mom.”
She is beloved, seemingly by all. Even so, in her 92nd year, G-G-G can delight and surprise her second-born son…a guy who’s known her for nearly 62 years.
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Tags: Anima Christi, G-G-G, Grandmother Lois, Great Grandma Georgia, Mother Eunice, St. Timothy, St. Titus
Today’s find: Unlikely
I just love the way this feast day sneaks up on me – January 25, the Conversion of St. Paul.
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Tags: August Turak, Brother John, Conversion of St. Paul, Self Knowledge Symposium, SKS
Today’s find: Ordinary Xmas
Do you hear what I hear?
I’m guessing not…not unless you were within a pitching wedge of Randolph Hall, inside Menard Correctional Center, on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading
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Today’s find: Gridlock
A trip that typically takes about 20 minutes…required every bit of an hour-and-a-half to complete on Friday afternoon. And for that, I was glad indeed.
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Tags: Baptism of the Lord, Blizzard, Child of God, Children of God, Gospel of Luke, Gridlock, Winter Storm Gia
Today’s find: Travelin’
A certain courageous Mommy I know bundled up her 4-month-old and headed off to Ohio this weekend.
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Tags: Balthazar, Caspar, Connections, Epiphany, Epiphany 2019, Gift of the Magi, Magi, Melchior, Traveling, TSA, Xavier University
Today’s find: ‘Yes!’
We’ve turned the page into 2019, and I’m being encouraged, at this King’s House retreat, to say “yes” to the New Year…sight unseen. It’s a Big Ask… Continue reading
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Today’s (#TBT) find: Nuts
It’s a bit warmer in Belleville this January 1st…than last. Still, it warms my heart to recall the rascally encounter I had with the Holy One a year ago today. Perhaps you’ll enjoy the tale, too…
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Today’s find: Sign of Jonah
I spent part of Christmas Eve in self-imposed exile, and there encountered an awesome blessing.
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Tags: Christmas Carols, Christmas Eve, Christmas Octave, Incarnation, Incarnation Mystery, newborn savior, Portal, Sign of Jonah, Sign of Jonas, Thomas Merton
Today’s find: The Star of Christmas
Ever notice? This time of year, the stars seem especially bright. It’s almost as if the sky is clearer…and the heavens are closer to earth… than they are in the summertime.
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With Us Still 