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LIFE AND DEATH… AND A LOVING GOD

“That’s life.” “What’s life?” “Life’s a magazine.” “How much does it cost?” “$1.95” “But, I don’t have $1.95” “That’s life.” * * * * * A Guest Blog by Deacon Jerry Schiffer Life. And Death. Eternal companions on this earthly walk. Earthly companions on this eternal walk. Companions that my wife Kathy and I encountered […]

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PURGATORY AND PRESUMPTION: Please Don’t Forget to Pray For Me!

Let’s play a game. Let’s imagine you’re dead. You ate a rotten peanut, or you took a bullet for your best friend, or you stumbled onto a busy roadway on a dark and stormy night…. It doesn’t really matter how it happened—but now here you are, spiraling and spinning toward eternity, lining up for your […]

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HEARTSONGS: The Story of Matti Stepanek Will Knock Your Socks Off

Requiem in Sea Oh, to call the conch my home . . . Stormy-smoothed tunnels of Kaleidosco how to teach a child phonics pe walls spiraling into Pearl-shimmered dyes, Ever-changing with the light Of the sun, of the moon, Of the tide, and the gloaming, And surging, and sighing, Of the sea . . . […]

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WHERE THE LOVE OF GOD GOES: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours…

-Gordon Lightfoot, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

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