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Brian H. Gill
I'm a sixty-something married guy with four kids in a small central Minnesota town. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run a business and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters.
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"The Princess and the Goblin" is a classic - at least in the sense that it's been re-published many times since 1871, with enough folks buying the reprints to justify yet another reprinting. The story can be, and has been, described as ...tagged: science-fiction-and-fantasy and faith-belief-religionBarron's book is an intelligent, informed look at Catholicism's first two millennia. "Catholicicsm" is "A Journey to the Heart of the Faith" in the sense that Barron touches on the core, the basics, of what the Catholic Church is and ha...tagged: faith-belief-religionby Ellis PetersIf you've seen the 1997 Derek Jacobi Central Independent Television/ITV screen adaptation of this Ellis Peters novel, you know the setting and general plot. The mystery is set in England's Shrewsbury region, during what folks started ca...tagged: mysteries
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Back from the Hospital: The Masked Minnesotan Rides Again
I didn’t feel all that sick Friday evening. That was August 21, 2020: 45 days ago. Online self-assessment guides from the Minnesota Department of Health and Mayo Clinic put me on the threshold of needing to call a doctor. My … Continue reading
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Tagged common good, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethics, Eucharist, faith, faith and works, health, history, medicine, science, worship
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Back at Mass
It’s been about four months since I’ve been at Mass. I don’t like that. But I see no point in kvetching about the COVID-19 pandemic, or blaming Minnesota’s governor for trying to keep Minnesotans alive, or our bishop for cooperating … Continue reading
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Tagged common good, coronavirus, COVID-19, Eucharist, faith, faith and works, God, hope, mercy, Minnesota, sin, worship
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Back in the Chapel
(Eucharistic adoration in St. Paul’s sanctuary. (Sauk Centre, Minnesota; May 20, 2020)) First, the bad news. We’re still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the good news. A small part of it. That’s important mostly to folks like me, who … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, faith, health, Minnesota, worship
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Another Pandemic Sunday
It’s a lovely Sunday afternoon here in central Minnesota. All that’s missing is Pippa’s song wafting through the air. “…The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn: God’s in his heaven— All’s right with the world!…” (“Pippa Passes,” … Continue reading
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