Monthly Archives: April 2019

“Reasonable Doubt”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“There has to be a reason,” we say about the car accident, being fired, battling cancer or winning the lottery. I’ve never believed in reasons. I like the phrase, “What we do to life and what life does to us.” … Continue reading →

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Weddings & Music

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Music. The notes and melodies that influences or confirms how our culture lives in a paticular time. Whether it’s Frank Sinatra or The Beatles, music so very often speaks of love as “all or nothing.” “My life will end if … Continue reading →

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April’s Easter & Weather

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Easter Joy to all of you. You wouldn’t think that joy needs an adjective. Joy seems to stand proudly on its own. April, snow. Snow, April. There’s two words that don’t go together. We Wisconsinites seem to plan our days … Continue reading →

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Lent & Easter Combined

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Al Jolson was wrong when he wrote and sang, “And when it’s twelve o’clock, we climb the stair, we never knock, for nobody’s there…just me…” After the resurrection, Easter healings began and the sick were placed outside “so that when … Continue reading →

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Golf’s Redemption

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Do you blame your guardian angel for not guarding you enough? Or, in the case of golf, is it your caddie? Or do you just throw your clubs (religion) away? Do you cheat – there’s always an excuse in both … Continue reading →

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Palm Sunday

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Our holiest of days next week is like the unholiest of a family’s yearly obligatory, optional dinner gathering.  It’s obligatory because it’s family, it’s optional but they’ll talk about you if you don’t show up. (“And, bring a casserole to … Continue reading →

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Precision vs. Emotion?

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“Oil and Water.” Can’t happen. Opposites don’t attract. Like-minded people are just that. Wait! What if it’s the precision of music and the emotions of the heart? Oil and Water? Forget about it. “Sussudio,” Phil Collins…”Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da,” Beatles “Na Na … Continue reading →

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“Living the Mystery”

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw … Continue reading →

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