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Former stay-at-home dad, evangelization in DioDav, pro-biblical literacy, and an amateur lover of all things Lonergan. Writer, lay-minister, and theology nerd.
The Spring semester of 2008 had unfolded much like other semesters....
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What would Our Mother say?
Letting the eyes of a mother guide our actions
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August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Spring semester of 2008 had unfolded much like other semesters....
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I was 22 when Pope Francis was elected pope. His death hurts. Here is why I am grateful for his papacy.
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A pope of the Spirit, a pope of the people
Looking back and carrying forward
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May 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was 22 when Pope Francis was elected pope. His death hurts. Here is why I am grateful for his papacy.
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Reflecting on our baptism isn't a *bad* way to begin Holy Week, right? Here is something to chew on if you'd like.
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April 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reflecting on our baptism isn't a *bad* way to begin Holy Week, right? Here is something to chew on if you'd like.
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One thing I do not doubt: the price one's soul pays for power is related to whether one understands that power as for the benefit of oneself and one's own kind, or for the benefit of all.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One thing I do not doubt: the price one's soul pays for power is related to whether one understands that power as for the benefit of oneself and one's own kind, or for the benefit of all.
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I feel deep sympathy for Mrs. May in Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf." Only love can restore a broken worldview. Only genuine encounter can melt away anger and reverse resentment.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I feel deep sympathy for Mrs. May in Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf." Only love can restore a broken worldview. Only genuine encounter can melt away anger and reverse resentment.
schmadeke.substack.com/p/we-become-...
schmadeke.substack.com/p/we-become-...