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The Deacon's Bench
The narcissist in the rectory
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Over at Beliefnet, Rod Dreher this weekend blogged about an ongoing conversation with an old friend of his, an ex-priest. Dreher himself is a convert to Catholicism, who left the Church after the scandals of ’02, and is now in the Orthodox Church. So he has, you might say, issues. But in a letter, his…
God-smacked
By
deacon greg kandra
That is how this article describes the experience of one newly ordained deacon, who says his spiritual journey was something like Paul on the road to Damascus. It’s a great yarn, from the Grand Forks Herald: His spiritual re-awakening in the mid-1990s, sparked by an evangelical men’s movement, nearly led Stephen Thomas to leave the…
Randy Pausch, still alive and kicking — and sweeping his wife off her feet
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
An alert reader sent me word that the great Randy Pauschwas featured this weekend at the graduation ceremony at Carnegie Mellon. The local press takes note: The crowd rained a second standing ovation warmly on Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor whose inspirational book, “The Last Lecture,” has attracted worldwide attention. Dr. Pausch,…
“I want to be a deacon…”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
I wish I had a dime for every e-mail I’ve received that has started with those six words. That’s usually followed by a request for more information. How long do you study? Can I keep my job? Do you get paid? (Ha. That one always cracks me up.) There are precious few resources on the…
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