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The Deacon's Bench
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s sermon
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deacon greg kandra
Some months back, I remember reading about a wave of homiletic plagiarism that was hitting, of all places, Poland. But it’s more widespread (especially these days) than many people in the pews may think. And it’s not just Catholics, as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: Ministers moving to a new church have a long tradition of…
Gnarly: from abuse victim, to prostitute, to surfer, to minister
By
deacon greg kandra
Real life stories of redemption and healing don’t get much better than this. How long until Lifetime turns it into a movie? From the Los Angeles Times: It’s another beautiful day in paradise and I’m out on the ocean, riding waves with a former national surfing champion and onetime prostitute who’s about to join a…
Calling all deacons!
By
deacon greg kandra
The good people at America magazine have devoted much of this current issue to the ministry of the diaconate. (I mentioned something about that earlier.) Now they’re asking for some response. When you have a moment, check out this link to the deacon articles by Your Humble Blogger, Bill Ditewig and Scott Dodge. Then toss…
A culinary star whose recipes are second to nun
By
deacon greg kandra
The culinary world has a new star — and it’s not someone on the Food Network. Take a look: Emerging from the quiet of her convent, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik was confronted by a jarring image — her smiling face on posters plastered around town to hawk the cookbooks that have made the 59-year-old nun one…
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