When we experience moments of grace, those times when God speaks to us through creation or special events, is it really God speaking, or is it merely coincidence? Let me explain through the example of a recent grace moment.
I posted earlier about the passing of my friend Gordon. Gordon was a special person to so [...]
Daddy Date
My wife is out of town for a high school educator’s conference, so I am sharing time with my two best girls. It made their day when I called from the office and asked them if they wanted to go to the movies with me last night. They were doubly excited when I said [...]
All morning long I have had a recently purchased post card from Ebay on my desk. I bought this post card a couple of weeks ago and it arrived yesterday. It is a card made from a photograph of the church we attended when I was younger. The card itself appears to have been made [...]
I was reading, with much delight, the post by Wing’ed Man on the 1965 Missal and remembered another of my favorite hymns of the Church. Te Deum laudamus is one of the Church’s oldest hymns dating back to perhaps the Baptism of St. Augustine. Martin Luther viewed Te Deum as indispensable; making a central statement [...]
Well we finally had our Taize Prayer service on Sunday evening. What a wonderful and beautiful service this was. For those who might be unfamiliar with Taize Prayer, it is a quiet, meditative prayer service with simple music, chant, and extended periods of silence for prayer and meditation. Plenty of candlelight is another aspect to [...]
When I was a kid, I enjoyed looking up to my favotite sports heroes. Some of my favorites were guys like Al Kaline, Gordie Howe, Bart Starr, and Pete Rose. I know, I’m dating myself, but that’s ok. Back then the media wasn’t everywhere and we didn’t have instant access to the lives of our [...]
I am still tinkering with WordPress and my blog layout. If you see something that you like in th appearance, please let me know. I think this theme will be the one that I go with, but I’m still expirmenting.
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Old Dog, No Tricks
Our dog Quincy is getting old. I believe that along with his allergies and other ailments, he is now suffering from arthritis. He has days when he doesn’t even want to get up because it hurts to walk. This is a fairly new development and perhaps the hardest to take so far. [...]
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