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I received this story in my Knights of Columbus newsletter and wanted to share.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with [...]
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Our pastor, an Irish fellow who has seen a lot happen over his many years as a priest, was concluding our daily mass today. After the final blessing he tells those the daily mass goers that the school will be having their mass shortly and would those staying after mass for the rosary be [...]
With all the talk of bucket lists and what you want to do before you die, I had to share this conversation. We had our parish priest over for dinner. My oldest daughter (11) was explaining about a class project where she was supposed to describe the time line of her life. [...]
One of the nice things about getting together with family is sharing stories. It was my dad’s birthday this weekend and we were all together to celebrate. After the meal, but before dessert we were talking about miracles. I mentioned the story of my brother and the above and beyond actions of [...]
We had just started our drive home when it happened. It was a beautiful day and had just settled in for the 4 hour drive. We had not started our rosary yet. Just after our first potty break (about 15 minutes into the trip), we witnessed an accident happen right in front of [...]
We just returned from a weekend at Pismo Beach with my folks, my brother and two sisters, and the beginnings of the next generation (my three kids and my sister’s one). It was absolutely beautiful. We had a room that overlooked the ocean. After morning prayers on Saturday, I stepped out onto [...]
Creative Minority Report is one of the blogs that I absolutely have to visit every day. Not only does it have one of the best layouts, it has writing you just don’t want to miss.
So how I missed this one two days ago, I don’t know. But thanks to Jay at Pro Ecclesia [...]
Here is part three of three (so far) for my birth stories.Part one (Maggie) can be found here.Part two (Mike) can be found here.
This one is fresh in the memory being less than a year ago. I tell you Lynn has become a pro at this thing, and God blessed us with an [...]
This is part two of my three part series. Part one (Maggie) can be found here.
After thinking about Mathew’s request for birth on Catholic Dads, my first thought was that the stories weren’t that interesting. But then my mind went back to the time when each child was in the womb and their [...]
Mathew S at Catholic Dads was asking about birth stories, and I thought these would make a good set of posts in light of Fathers Day yesterday. Maggie was our first, we had a virtually trouble free pregnancy. We did all of the Lamaze classes, which I hated. I thought the breathing [...]
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Obedience to God’s will is not always about speaking up - sometimes it is remaining silent.
My wife and I were talking about personalities in my family. We were discussing how I have no fear of conflict. I love to speak in public and am a leader, which [...]
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Saturday in So Cal was overcast - we call it June gloom (even when it isn’t June - what do you want, we’re nuts, remember). So the family packed it in, dog and all, and headed east to the mountains (about 15 miles away). Being further inland the overcast was [...]
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I am definitely a fan of Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s blog Standing on My Head. I highly recommend the blog, but especially the series he has going called the Gargoyle Code - a good read based on a Screwtape Letters motif. You can get all of the [...]
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This story is only a few months old, and it happened to my wife when she was still pregnant with Gracie. My wife is a part-time music teacher at our kids Catholic school. Well, the school was looking for a new kindergarten teacher, and my wife recommended our neighbor/friend from [...]
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We moved to Atlanta from So Cal when my boy was 2 years old. I had a huge opportunity and if the market had gone differently we would have been set financially. God had other plans, and we eventually moved back to So Cal. But this story is about the [...]
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While writing my blog, I was presented with the question of miracles in a Friday Feast, and I wrote about how my brother almost wasn’t (you can read the tale here and here). That is an excellent story left me wondering whether the warning came from someone who was more [...]
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The picture above is of Grace Michelle, who is due to arive in a couple months. You’ll see the connection to the picture as you read on.
Adoro Te Devote has started a meme, and has tagged me. Here are the rules:1. Honor a living hero2. Preference given to Firefighters, Police Officers, Paramedics, [...]
