Posts Tagged With: Jesus

Today’s find: Jailbreak

Posted on June 15, 2025 by John Schroeder

I witnessed a bit of a jailbreak yesterday, a feat almost nine years in the making.

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Today’s find: Hidden

Posted on May 25, 2025 by John Schroeder

It’s the darnedest thing: A grandson climbs a tree, and winds up teaching me something about the nature of God.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Book of Revelation, christianity, Divine in-Dwelling, faith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, God, Gospel of John, Hidden, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Sixth Sunday of Easter, Tree Climbing

Today’s find: Solid contact

Posted on May 18, 2025 by John Schroeder

A few minutes past 2:00 PM, there was little reason to believe we’d be getting a round in on Friday. In fact, any sane person would have scanned the ominous sky and headed for home. But golfers, it seems, are not entirely sane.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Boone Valley, Click Stick, faith, Fifth Sunday of Easter, Golf, golfing, Jesus, Revelation, Solid contact, sports, Swing Thought, Thomas Merton

Today’s find: Brushing

Posted on May 11, 2025 by John Schroeder

I’m thinking maybe we should open a bed-and-breakfast. We now certainly have the sheets for it.

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Today’s find: Host

Posted on May 4, 2025 by John Schroeder

There was a moment when I could sense the Presence, a rushing in.

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Today’s find: No doubt

Posted on April 27, 2025 by John Schroeder

“Church Geek” that I am, I was pretty sure the cardinals had screwed up when they selected a new pope on March 13, 2013. I heard the name “Jorge Bergolio” … and dismissively thought, “Oh great: Another Italian.”

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Today’s find: Dawning

Posted on April 20, 2025 by John Schroeder

Early, on the first day of the week, Easter dawns … with lightning, thunder, rain … in my little corner of the world.

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Today’s find: Cacophony

Posted on April 18, 2025 by John Schroeder

There’s nothing sacred about a crucifixion.

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Today’s find: Myth or miracle

Posted on April 17, 2025 by John Schroeder

Prison ministry, I’ve discovered, provides a sure-fire cure for blindness. (But it’s perhaps not always as effective in remedying other physical or spiritual defects.)

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