2015

Even though I'd sworn off working another Confirmation Mass, I'd still have to face large crowds at Mass and all the internal conflicts that come with them. The Easter following that fateful Confirmation Mass, our 11:30AM team was up.…
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Once we settled into life as parishioners at Church of the Resurrection in Wichita, we wanted to get involved. Jennifer signed up for Children’s Liturgy of the Word and I became an usher. What possessed me to do this? I’m an introvert.…
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Most of the route I take to work in the morning has a lower speed limit and, I must admit, it takes effort and focus on my part to stay within the #speed limit during the drive. Last fall, in a lapse of concentration, I was driving 40 mph…
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I feel guilty sometimes about consulting Jenny before I make a charitable donation. Well, a little scared too, if I'm honest. For instance, it took the better part of a year before I got up enough courage to make a donation to…
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There are homilies and then there are homilies but today I heard a homily to remember. I've been to plenty of masses where once the homily was done I found myself saying, "What was that all about?" I've also been to plenty of masses where…
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I was watching #Evan Almighty over Thanksgiving and three messages in that movie were crystal clear to me. The first was one of perseverance in the face of persecution. People thought Evan was a joke, a laughingstock but he stayed the…
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This was going to be the year, I told myself. We're gonna make last year's trip a distant memory. We're gonna do it bigger, badder, and longer. I was geeked up, I can't lie. Sorry, I’m getting a little ahead of myself. Each year we make…
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