Posts Tagged With: Center for Action and Contemplation

Today’s find: Grace v. karma

Posted on May 8, 2014 by John Schroeder

Bad choices usually have dire consequences, I get that. But where does that leave us on the matter of grace?

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Sunday Snippets

Posted on January 26, 2014 by John Schroeder

You’re invited over to RAnn’s place for Sunday Snippets, a weekly gathering of Catholic bloggers. There are several regulars, but you’re never quite sure whom you’ll meet there…so you might want to check it out!

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Today’s find: Feeding the need to Tweet

Posted on December 6, 2013 by John Schroeder

Well, I guess we settled one thing Thursday night: Carrie Underwood is NOT Julie Andrews.

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Today’s find: Abelard

Posted on September 10, 2013 by John Schroeder

One of my favorite preachers and spiritualists—Franciscan Fr. Richard Rohr—made me a offer I couldn’t refuse today: a free download of his recent webcast on ‘Yes, and…’ spirituality.

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Today’s find: Focusing on foibles

Posted on June 20, 2013 by John Schroeder

I guess I could have seen it coming: It was a relatively simple request—could I pinch-hit for the regular guy, and get things set up for daily Mass this morning?

Ah, but the devil is in the details…and it’s been about 43 years since I last officially handled such duties, as an eighth-grade sacristan, for the parish where I grew up.

Which is to say, I know the gig—at least in general terms. But I also know that it’s easy to overlook some of the particulars.

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