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The Deacon's Bench
Homily for January 20, 2008: 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
By
deacon greg kandra
Last winter, the Washington Post decided to try something unusual. A reporter wanted to see what would happen if they hired a world famous violinist to play during rush hour on a Washington subway platform. Would anybody notice? Would anybody stop and listen? Would they toss any money into his violin case? To take part…
Reversing sterilization: one family’s story
By
deacon greg kandra
And now for something completely different — and utterly surprising: the story of a Georgia couple who reversed a sterilization procedure, and welcomed a bouncing baby boy: Etched into David Hanson’s memory is the image of his wife, Catherine, having just delivered their sixth child by emergency C-section, being wheeled on a gurney away from…
Insurance agent, waiter, husband, father, deacon…and priest
By
deacon greg kandra
A Wisconsin paper has the story of a deacon — soon to be a priest — who has followed an unusual career path: After working as an insurance agent and a waiter at Tippin’s, Mike McLain is now adding deacon to his resume. McLain, 57, is the new transitional deacon at five area parishes, including…
When it absolutely, positively has to make you laugh
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
With the Super Bowl soon upon us, we’ll be inundated with expensive and over-produced commercials. Again. But the classics never go out of style. Twenty years after it first aired, this still makes me laugh.
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