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Everyplace is Home to Somebody

November 19, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Everyplace is Home to Somebody – 11/22/2020    In the week before Christmas in 1989 we were on a cross-country homecoming trip. I had

New Growth in an Old Forest

November 12, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   New Growth in an Old Growth Forest – 11/12/2020 This past weekend, on the back edge of October and the front edge of November

As Far as East to West

November 5, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   As Far as East to West – 11/6/2020   We tend to think small. That makes it easier to keep everything in its place

An October with Partner, revisited

October 29, 2020
Embers From the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   An October with Partner, revisited – 10/29/2020      I thought long and hard about whether or not it was a good idea.  I

Morning Prayer

October 22, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Morning Prayer – 10/23/2020   I saw them from about a mile away.  I noticed several things as soon as I caught sight of

Why Trout?

October 16, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Why Trout? – 10/16/2020             I recently retired and I knew exactly how I wanted to start this next stage of my life.  I

Late Bloomers

October 9, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad-Parish Community   Late Bloomers             The fields and roadsides these days are dotted with the late bloomers.  As the green grasses of summer have dried brown

Work

October 2, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community   Work – 10/2/2020    It’s hard to start a reflection intended for a parish website with a four-letter word. You might even say

Little Flights, Quiet Flights

September 25, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community Little Flights, Quiet Flights – 9/25/2020 The last two weeks the big flights, the loud flights have been gathering – building in size and

Free Flowers

September 18, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community Free Flowers – 9/18/2020 My mother loved flowers in the yard. She loved them enough to work at it. I remember as a teenager