Our encounter with Jericho earlier this year was decidedly Christ-like, I realized as I reflected on Sunday’s gospel.
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Today’s find: Sycamore
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Tags: 31st Sunday In Ordinary Time, Gospel of Luke, Holy Land Pilgrimage, Jericho, Sycamore, Zacchaeus
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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Today’s find: Heaven scent
For the most part, our grandson Francis seemed mildly amused by his impending baptism on Saturday afternoon.
Then he dozed off, just before the water was about to cascade over his forehead.
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Today’s find: Sizeable
‘How Big Is Your God?’ asked Paul Coutinho provocatively in his spiritual best-seller a few years ago.
And this weekend, we get an answer of sorts.
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Today’s find: Unbound
What do you think she noticed first, the woman who for 18 years had been ‘bent over, completely incapable of standing erect’? What did she see…as she straightened her spine and looked into the eyes of the One who had just cured her infirmity?
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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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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: 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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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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