Fr. Christian Mathis | April 30, 2009
The Christian is by nature a man of gentleness and quiet, or serenity and peace. (Clement of Alexandria) The beginning of every backpacking trip requires a few days to leave behind all the noise and distractions that go along with the busy world we live in. The great thing about the most recent trip is [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 29, 2009
Last night was a perfect night for baseball in Atlanta. Our new bishop joined two of my brother priests and I for a night game with a weather forecast of clear skies and 70 degrees. It was a close game and I think the only disappointment expressed was by Bishop Stika as his beloved Cardinals [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 27, 2009
This weekend was spent speaking to many parishioners about David and I’s most recent 187 mile backpacking experience. Many people tend to look at you with eyes that say, Why in the world would you want to walk that far, and in the mountains and unpredictable weather at that? One of the people we met [...]
Ashley Siferd | April 23, 2009
I’m a volunteer with an organization called Horse Haven of Tennessee (HHT), and HHT’s main reason for existing is to care for abused and neglected equine from all over East Tennessee. In the two wonderful years that I have been there, I have seen some pretty gruesome and terrible things. One horse was dragged behind [...]
John Deinhart | April 21, 2009
“Be ashamed to die, until you’ve won some victory for humanity” When I was around 14 years old, I came upon this quote from Horace Mann. At that time as an adolescent, I was struggling, trying to figure out my place in the world, my significance, my calling. I am still working on it nearly [...]
Ashley Siferd | April 17, 2009
I know this is a week after the fact, but today I was thinking about the reading of the Passion during the Good Friday service. Being a member of the crowd means you have to read certain tiny parts. What I had forgotten from years past was that the crowd had to read, “Crucify him! [...]
Ashley Siferd | April 14, 2009
As you all hopefully know, Father Christian has asked a few of us to fill in for him while he is away. I graciously accepted his invitation, and so I now take my first plunge into the blogging world. I hope this is as interesting for you the readers as it will be for me [...]
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