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The Deacon's Bench
Take a hike
By
deacon greg kandra
This has been widely circulated, but it’s well worth reading and pondering: a modern story of pilgrimage and pure, undiluted trust: They’ve been mistaken for Jedi-wannabes headed to a Star Wars convention. They’ve been investigated by police, approached by strangers, gawked at from cars and offered gifts of crumpled dollar bills and Little Debbie snacks.…
Tim Tebow: “Yep, I’m a virgin”
By
deacon greg kandra
Okay. Confession time: I don’t follow college sports. So the name “Tim Tebow” doesn’t ring any bells with me. But this guy is on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and evidently a very big deal. So it was an even bigger deal when this muscular, wildly popular jock admitted to a gaggle of reporters —…
And to think, it all started with the church bulletin…
By
deacon greg kandra
I can’t believe I missed this story a couple weeks ago. But with a cheerful wave of the deacon’s stole to Charm City blogger Fr. Austin Murphy (who saw it first), I happily post this account, from the Baltimore Sun, of an astonishing act of multiple generosity: It all started when a Virginia man read…
Nearer, my God, to thee…
By
deacon greg kandra
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is many things to many people – a study project to an atheist student, a dream (or nightmare) assignment to a photographer, an illustrated Bible to the believer. It is also a kind of evolutionary marker in the Grand Quest, as depicted in the reach between Creator and Creature-the chasm of knowledge…
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