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A stray bullet, a stricken child: “We will not be terrorized by this”
By
deacon greg kandra
God’s ways are not our own — and tragedies like this one can only serve to deepen the sense of mystery that surrounds His plan. Take, and read, and pray: Fifth-grader Christopher Rodriguez sat down Thursday at his piano for his weekly lesson, arched his fingers over the keys and began to play. Across the…
A home schooled teenager: “We’re not crazy”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Here’s a riveting story, from the Hartford Courant: a first person account of what it is like to have been home-schooled. It’s part of the Courant’s “I Am…” series, complete with a short video: There are a lot of misconceptions about home-schooling. We’re not crazy. We don’t do these things because we’re anti-social. We do…
The gift of giving
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Two great stories about the gift of giving caught my eye recently. The first came last night on the CBS Evening News — a broadcast with which I have some passing familiarity, cough, cough — and was about a bank in North Dakota that gave its employees a thousand dollar bonus for Christmas. But with…
Keep it simple, stupid
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
That’s the theme of this delightful music video I just caught at Beliefnet. Think life is complicated? Relax, dude. This is a perfect chaser for a Friday. Enjoy.
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