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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

Book Review – “And Yet”

September 1, 2020
Thursday, October 15 Annunciation Room 105 We will be reading “And Yet, Undaunted-embraced by the goodness of God in the chaos of life” by Paula Rinehart and Connally Gilliam. Life is hard. We often find ourselves walking through stories that

Blackberries & Brook Trout

August 28, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community Blackberries & Brook Trout – 8/28/2020 A dust snake coiled up behind the pickup truck and stones kicked up by the tires clunked the

Who is your God? – Sr. Pat Clement

August 21, 2020
Who Is Your God Today’s second reading and gospel challenge us to pause and reflect on who we say is Lord in our lives. Imagine being in the group that is walking with Jesus. He stops and eyeballs each of

Consider Thistle Flowers

August 21, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community Consider Thistle Flowers – 8/21/2020 People tend to give up. We give up on things. We give up on each other. We call it

E.K. 1929

August 14, 2020
Embers from the Fire A weekly blog by Deacon Dan Wagnitz for the Quad Parish Community E.K. 1929 – 8/14/2020 My day job is the Safe Environment Coordinator for the Diocese of Green Bay. My office is in the Chancery