Posts Tagged With: Magi

Today’s find: De-decking

Posted on January 4, 2026 by John Schroeder

Things started looking a tad less festive at our place yesterday. And no doubt the de-decking will continue apace today … and in the days to come.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bible, Christ, Christ Mystery, Christmas, De-decking, Epiphany, Epiphany 2025, Feast of the Epiphany, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Magi, Wise Men | 2 Comments

Today’s find: Entangled

Posted on January 5, 2025 by John Schroeder

Things got a little messy at my place ahead of the storm.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Entangled, Entanglement, Epiphany 2025, Feast of the Epiphany, Magi, Winter Storm, Wise Men

Today’s find: $30 hole

Posted on January 8, 2023 by John Schroeder

There are times when my dark heart is filled with an intense envy. Times…like the recent weekday afternoon, when a purportedly “easy” home improvement project descended into a tar-pit of personal incompetence.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: $30 Hole, Epiphany, Front Door, King Herod, Magi

Today’s find: Visio Divina

Posted on January 3, 2021 by John Schroeder

Gerri and I had a rather unique perspective on what was designed as a visual meditation during our New Year’s Eve retreat at King’s House.

We’d agreed to be “Readers” for the late-evening prayer service – and as such, our behind-the-ambo position meant we saw only the backside of a soul-stirring iconostasis.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Epiphany, Epiphany 2021, King's House, King's House Retreat Center, Magi, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve Retreat, Visio Divina

Today’s find: Gift bearers

Posted on January 5, 2020 by John Schroeder

The bowling balls were bouncing a bit at Harvest Lanes yesterday.

Bouncing…or thunking: take your pick. But certainly not rolling, not in any sense that an experienced kegler could appreciate.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Birthday party, Bowling, Epiphany 2019, Epiphany of the Lord, Magi, Three Wise Men

Today’s find: Travelin’

Posted on January 5, 2019 by John Schroeder

A certain courageous Mommy I know bundled up her 4-month-old and headed off to Ohio this weekend.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Balthazar, Caspar, Connections, Epiphany, Epiphany 2019, Gift of the Magi, Magi, Melchior, Traveling, TSA, Xavier University

Today’s find: Troubled or Wise

Posted on January 6, 2018 by John Schroeder

There’s a certain darkness to the Epiphany, an aspect that’s easily overlooked.

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Epiphany, Epiphany 2018, Herod, King Herod, Magi, Manifestation, Troubled, Wisdom of the Magi, Wise, Wise Men

Today’s find: Epiphany gifts

Posted on January 7, 2017 by John Schroeder

Granddaughter Hannah celebrates her third birthday this weekend—perfect timing, as it happens, for her Gramps to ponder the great blessings she has conferred upon him since making her debut.

It’s not that becoming a grandfather has made me a Wise Man, exactly. But it has offered myriad opportunities to gaze upon the world in a richer, more satisfying way.

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