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The Deacon's Bench
Bloggers keeping the faith
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Deacon Greg Kandra
Lo and behold, USA TODAY has discovered religious blogging! And among those it features in this discovery are Rocco of Whispers in the Loggia and Fair Amy at Charlotte Was Both, two FOBs (Friends of This Blog). Take a look: “For Christ’s sake, stop!” declared the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Rev. Frank…
Christmas with a capital “C”
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Deacon Greg Kandra
A deacon friend sent this my way: a song from the Christian rock group Go Fish that, I think, a lot of us should be singing this time of year. Enjoy. And spread the word. You know: the “C” word…
The doctor who’s a deacon
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deacon greg kandra
Many of us know what it’s like to have God get under our skin. But here’s a story of a deacon in California who perhaps understands that better than most: he’s Dr. David Sire, a dermatologist with a powerful backstory about his vocation: Sire, of Capistrano Beach, was a recent graduate of UC Irvine who…
When a church closes: “I went all my life, and then they threw me out”
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deacon greg kandra
It’s becoming a familiar story: a parish closes, and the flock can do little more than grieve. It happened again this weekend in Buffalo, and the local paper picks up the story: The Kilgen pipe organ thundered for the last time. A rendition of “Ave Maria” echoed gloriously among the decorative oak rafters. A haze…
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