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Something new each Saturday.
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I'm focusing on 'family stories' at the moment. ("A Change of Pace: Family Stories" (11/23/2024))- Category: Family Stories
But if something else caught and held my interest during the week, that's what I'll share.
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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses 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. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Catholic School Mass: Murder in the Morning
Two children, ages eight and 10, went to school this morning. They won’t be going home. Somebody decided that this would be a good morning to spray bullets into a church full of people. Why the 20-something (probably) man made … Continue reading
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“We Will Come After You”, Being Careful, and Truth
America has changed since my youth. I’ve seen fire and brimstone give way to tofu and soy sauce, rotary dial phones replaced by smartphones. Some things, however, haven’t changed. Like the value we place on freedom. How my country’s self-described … Continue reading
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Cancer in the Family
First, the good news. Our number-two daughter’s cancer is slow-growing. The not-so-good news is that it’s aggressive. And, of course, that she’s got cancer. I learned about the cancer in early January.1 The family knows a little more now, and … Continue reading
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Fear, Change, a Loving God: and Choices
This week I’m sharing what Fr. Mark Botzet said during Mass on the last Sunday in June. I was going to just post his homily and let it go at that. But then I thought his focus on fear might … Continue reading
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Throwing Stones, Blindfolded: A Thought for Today
“Do you know what damage you may cause by throwing stones with your eyes blindfold?“Neither do you know the harm you may cause — and at times it is very great — by letting drop uncharitable remarks that to you … Continue reading
