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Little Homecomings – August 20, 2021

August 19, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community Little Homecomings  – 8/20/2021 As much as I enjoy fishing water that I have never fished before, I am partial to returning to places I

Any Port

August 13, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Any Port – 8/13/2021 This week has been a week of storms. Actually, it seems like July and August have been the summer of

Silence & Sunset – Embers from the Fire

August 5, 2021
The words “Praised be You, my Lord” appear eight times in The Canticle of the Creatures. Why has this 800-year-old poem composed by St. Francis of Assisi endured for so many centuries and what does it have to say to us

Martha Moments

August 5, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community Martha Moments – 8/6/2021 This week we have been blessed by my son Jacob and his family staying with us.  They arrived on Sunday and

Tall Flowers

July 29, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Tall Flowers – 7/30/2021 The heart of summer that we are now in is the season of tall flowers. We have been progressing to

Now And Then

July 23, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Now and Then – 7/23/2021 Some good friends who own a little cottage near Lac Vieux Desert invited us to spend last week with

You Can’t Tickle Yourself

July 16, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   You Can’t Tickle Yourself – 7/16/2021 We were campers.  Camping can be a great family bonding experience.  But there can be times when one

A Little Off the Top

July 9, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   A Little Off the Top – 7/9/2021 As we move into the heart of summer, I have been thinking of summer haircuts.  When I

Full Circle Cookies

July 1, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Full Circle Cookies – 7/2/2021 My wife and I were drafted today for a bit of an unplanned day with Bella, one of our

Uncertain Identity

June 25, 2021
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Uncertain Identity I am blessed to have a nice yard with our home being on a five-acre lot outside the city limits and lights