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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
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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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Tag Archives: Mass
It’s Cold Here, Too: Sauk Centre, Minnesota
We didn’t get a white Christmas this year, here in Sauk Centre, which isn’t all that unusual. But it’s definitely winter now. The furnace is still working, happily, and tomorrow morning I’ll find out if the family van will start. … 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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Enjoying Our Annual Renewal of Baptismal Vows
Life isn’t back to normal, here in Sauk Centre, and won’t be. Not if I see “back to normal” as “being just exactly the way it was two years ago.” Time and reality don’t work that way. Life may not … Continue reading
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COVID-19, Mass and Marriage: It’s Not All About Me
I’ll be discussing face masks and the COVID-19 pandemic, and why I’m not indignant that the Catholic Church hasn’t redefined the Mass or marriage. That second item is my response to Mass and marriage headlines. The items aren’t “news” in … Continue reading
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Staying In this Weekend
(My desk: clutter/knickknacks/curios and all.) The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t affect my weekly routine until last Tuesday. That’s when Bishop Kettler announced that public Masses in the diocese are suspended until April 13. The St. Faustina Adoration chapel here in Sauk … Continue reading
