Steve Dalton
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Steve Dalton
@tmlsteve.bsky.social
Lifelong Catholic, theological librarian, occasional blogger, husband for 43+ years to the LOML, father of 3, grandfather of 9, lover of baseball - especially the Red Sox
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I hope this doesn't spoil the surprise for anyone, but life can be tough.
April 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
On Palm Sunday, 11 years ago, my grandson reminded me to listen more attentively.

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Heeding Jofy’s Ears
Despite good intentions, my life seldom – if ever – directly mirrors my Christian faith. I believe, for example, that God speaks constantly in and through the ordinary circumstances of …
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April 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Pope Francis: “It needs to be said clearly: There are those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants, and this, when done knowingly and deliberately, is a grave sin.”
January 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Clear words about the care of migrants and refugees from Pope Pius XII, in his apostolic constitution "Exsula Familia Nazarethana," on the Spiritual Care of Migrants (1952):
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
God, thank you for the beginning of this New Year and the hope that it brings. I don't know if I will share in all 365 of its sunrises and sunsets; but, on every day of 2025 that finds me breathing, please let the remembrance of you be the deepest habit of my heart.
January 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Merry Christmas, friends! May the awesome humility of God, so perfectly demonstrated in the manger in Bethlehem, move in all of our hearts during this holy season and forever.
December 24, 2024 at 6:06 PM
This is the story of a little boy (me, age 6) who learns the truth about Santa. I hope it will bless you. Merry Christmas!

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Believing in Santa
Did you ever have a “God moment?” Even if you’re not a believer, have you ever experienced a surprising insight, a sudden drawing back of the veil, that caused you to stop whatever you were d…
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December 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
This short essay tells the story of Christmas in my childhood home back in 1963, when I was 6 years-old. That was when I learned the truth about Santa Claus. I hope it blesses you. Merry Christmas!

musingsamidthethorns.com/2015/11/20/b...
Believing in Santa
Did you ever have a “God moment?” Even if you’re not a believer, have you ever experienced a surprising insight, a sudden drawing back of the veil, that caused you to stop whatever you were d…
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December 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
From boyhood, I have felt God tugging on my heart. This persists even when I choose distance from God, even at times of deepest grief and confusion. Study helps me understand this tugging, but it is not a thing I have learned or achieved. It is a gift, and I pray that it will never leave me.
December 11, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I was writing a note of congratulations to two friends who became first-time grandparents. Alluding to the rapid passage of time, I wrote: "Drink in every moment." The automated editor suggested that I change it to: "Drink at every moment."

Hmmm. That advice may be more helpful for new parents.
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 PM
New BlueSky friends, I have an annual tradition of posting a Thanksgiving essay to my blog as an expression of gratitude for the many blessings in my life. This year’s entry is titled “Holy Ground.” I hope you’ll check it out. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Holy Ground
“… put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:5b RSVCE) _ Just imagining the scene conjures up a swirl of emotions. Her plot was hat…
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November 23, 2024 at 2:03 PM
I’m curious. When someone follows you from an account lacking any profile info and with no posts, do you follow back?
November 20, 2024 at 3:52 PM


Something strange just happened. I remembered leaving my phone on the bookshelf in our bedroom and went to retrieve it. Walking into the room, I saw that my phone had somehow dialed a friend’s number - on its own - and his line was ringing. Apparently I’m posting this from the Twilight Zone.
November 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
My wife and I watched the excellent Netflix documentary Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. Considering the devastating lethality of modern weaponry, the fragility of peace, and the violence already raging in Gaza, Ukraine, etc., the threat of incompetent political leadership terrifies me.
November 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I am forever fascinated by Thomas Merton.
November 15, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Hi, BlueSky community. I’m new here, and I’m already encouraged by what I see. I probably won’t post often, but, when I do, I’ll likely touch on what I love - God, faith, family, friends, vocation. Oh, (fair warning) I may also post links to my blog. Blessings!
November 15, 2024 at 9:11 AM