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Youth Meditation: Do things because you love them
The following is a part of a meditation series that I write with my wife, called Somedays’ Meditations. We started it in our home parish for our tweens, and we thought it would be helpful to folks online as well. You… Continue reading
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Youth Meditation: On wanting so desperately
The following is a part of a meditation series that I write with my wife, called Somedays’ Meditations. We started it in our home parish for our tweens, and we thought it would be helpful to folks online as well.… Continue reading
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Youth Meditation: I take refuge in you, O God
The following is a part of a meditation series that I write with my wife, called Somedays’ Meditations. We started it in our home parish for our tweens, and we thought it would be helpful to folks online as well.… Continue reading
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Enjoying within thankfulness
In his book Letters to Malcom, C.S. Lewis writes about adoration. Not Eucharistic adoration practiced among some Roman Catholics, but the “experience” of “the tiny theophany” in everyday enjoyment and pleasure. The sweet air that whispers of the country from… Continue reading
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Trees, Tolkien, and prayer
This morning I spent my prayer time in the forest. The winter was long, and we got record amounts of snow, so the forest path near me (which is part of a state park) was been mostly inaccessible since early… Continue reading
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Praying with politics
As a rule, I do not talk about politics as a priest. I post my opinions and thoughts on my Facebook, which I see as private, but when I’m acting as a priest, and especially when I have my collar… Continue reading
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No more Santa, but that’s okay
My ten year old daughter found out about Santa. It was somewhat anticlimactic, actually. We have a podcast about the intersection between religion and video games, and we had a rabbi as a guest. The rabbi was telling us how… Continue reading
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Can I wander without being lost?
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love.” “Not all who wander are lost.” Two very different views of wandering! The first quote is from the hymn “Come thou font of every blessing.” If… Continue reading
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Talking to God when you have a cold
Over the centuries, people have found God in the most troubling of times, and stories of martyrs and saints can give us great strength to get through our own lives, but goodness gracious is it hard to pray with a… Continue reading
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Handling spiritual depression
Last night I attended an awards ceremony organized by InterFaith Works. InterFaith is a great group that serves a lot of needy populations around Syracuse, from the poor and hungry to recent immigrants. They help organize food pantries, run classes… Continue reading
Incense and Crayons 