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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I’ve written before about to-do lists: writing them, using them, conquering them. I’ve read about them, too — how to do them, how not to do them, how long/short/organized/detailed they should be. To categorize or not to categorize. Short and simple or long and comprehensive. Day-by-day or one big jumble. And I keep changing my mind.
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I was burning through Jennifer Fulwiler’s new book (One Beautiful Dream) a couple of weeks ago (very good, by the way!), but there was one place in the book that I paused for a minute to think, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
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The scent of roses when no flowers are present is thought to be a sign that God’s presence is with us or a blessing from God is imminent. This same occurrence with the smell of roses has often been associated with miracles and encounters with Marian apparitions.
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For the four years I was in high school, I was a part of the cross-country team. Junior year we had a change in coaches, the new one a bit more odd than the first, yet nice enough all the same. Thinking back on it, almost twenty-five years later now, I realize his methods were a bit unorthodox, even downright strange, but also rather ingenious.
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While the special holiday recently was certainly our Fourth of July Independence Day, let’s not forget that July 3 was National Chocolate Wafer Cookie Day. It’s true.
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It’s been a couple of Sundays since we heard Jesus’s parable of the mustard seed, but I’m sharing a take on it I heard that I think might get your brain rolling.
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