I have been thinking a lot about mustard lately, and not because I like it. I don’t.
The reason I have been thinking about mustard is because of its significance at a recent Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America Youth Conference (significance which, by the way, was initiated by a bishop – just one more of the countless reasons I love being Catholic!). Read more »
Just before the second week of Steubenville St. Louis Mid-America, a huge storm rolled (very slowly) through Springfield, MO, taking down power lines around town, but (fortunately) not causing any injuries. Power was restored just before the doors to the Arena were opened, but the storm was a very prominent reminder of God's awesome power!
I shot the video below on my iPhone 4 (which had a couple of close calls, during the extremely windy parts of the storm) in HD, and posted it to YouTube:
Submitted by Jeff Geerling on July 17, 2010 - 10:13am
At this past weekend's Steubenville conference (the first of two for 2010—I'll also be present at next week's conference!), I took over 1,000 photos. After editing and deleting redundant or crummy pictures, I posted 353 of them to this Flickr collection (slideshow here).
My normal photo-taking workflow is this:
Take a ton of pictures (maybe 100-200).
Pop out memory card, insert into computer, transfer photos, erase memory card.
Take another ton of pictures.
Sadly, during Saturday night Eucharistic Adoration, I was happily snapping away a bunch of beautiful shots (I was probably up to about 100), and a little warning popped up on the camera "There was an error writing this image to the card. Please use a new card." Read more »
Submitted by Jeff Geerling on July 12, 2010 - 7:03pm
Do you have the new iPhone 4 yet? I waited in line for over an hour in the heat to get one. The AT&T store only had 60 on the day they came out and I wanted to be one of the chosen. So I got up before everyone in else in my house and made the necessary sacrifice to get what I wanted, the best phone on the market. Initially my new phone impressed me mostly because of the new features and speed- it has the same processor as the new iPad computers, so that’s a pretty fast phone. After using my phone for a couple of days, I noticed that it was dropping lots of calls. Many business calls were interrupted, sometimes 3 or 4 times in the same conversation. I later learned that Apple publicly addressed this and is working on a solution, but I was no less disappointed. Read more »
Submitted by Greg Robeson on July 11, 2010 - 7:55pm
“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” (from Matthew 7:6)Read more »
11. Burning Bush
The Israelites have been slaves in Egypt now for many years and the one person God has chosen to lead them to freedom has fled Egypt after murdering and Egyptian guard. Moses is now in the desert and from the outside he looks to be having a very comfortable life as a shepherd. He has a good wife and two sons. God though is not done with Moses and through the use of the burning bush God summons Moses out of his life of comfort and gives him a mission. Moses is to be the deliverer. Reading about Moses’ encounter with the burning bush one cannot help but ask oneself if God is calling us out of our life of comfort and asking us to have more of a life of service.
I expect my children to respect me for life- not because I said so, but because God did (Ex 20:12). I have and will continue to sin. I am so glad that respect is not merit based- that means I don't have to act a certain way to please my children in order to gain their respect. I am initially deserving of their respect because I am God's child, no matter what choices I make. I am additionally deserving of their respect because I participated in their creation and I am giving all I have (within my given limits) to giving them the best life possible. If I choose to live a virtuous lifestyle, I am deserving of even greater respect for that legacy that I create. Read more »
Submitted by Greg Robeson on June 2, 2010 - 8:33pm
[Reprinted with permission. Respect Life Apostolate, April 2010 Issue of the Pro-Life Profile]
This past January many participated in the March for life in Washington, D.C. For some, this was a first major encounter with the pro-life movement while for others the March is a national reunion uniting those who work daily for a Culture of Life. Whatever one’s reason was for attending, the reality is that much work needs to be done right here at home all year round. Read more »
I love the stars. When I look up on a clear night the sky is beautifully illuminated with millions of twinkles. When I look at the night sky I always try to find some of the more familiar constellations like the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Orion’s Belt, or Shrek & Donkey. Read more »
I have been thinking a lot about mustard lately, and not because I like it. I don’t.
[Reprinted with permission. Respect Life Apostolate, April 2010 Issue of the Pro-Life Profile]
I love the stars. When I look up on a clear night the sky is beautifully illuminated with millions of twinkles. When I look at the night sky I always try to find some of the more familiar constellations like the Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Orion’s Belt, or Shrek & Donkey.