Author Archives: Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“Stop it,” I keep saying to myself as the years pile on and retirement slowly becomes a real word for me. “I want to be 18 again with all the silly questions and worries that preoccupied me then.  All my … Continue reading →

I think they’re looking out the window and admiring creation –  squirrels and birds this quiet morning when they’re actually planning an escape.  I provide their food each morning before going to work but they expect it whether I remembered … Continue reading →

These two guys had eight, handy tools surrounding them for easy access.  I know because I’m watching them and count the tools they need wrapped around their waist as though preparing for a gun fight with the town’s villain.  Sometimes … Continue reading →

“There is a time for everything under the sun,” says Ecclesiastes.  John Houseman made famous the phrase, “We will serve no wine before its time.” There are specific tasks for every stage of life, according to psychologists.  To miss one … Continue reading →

If only I could do it again, it’d be much different from the first time.  The first time I was drowsy from the early morning hour until recess when I perked up and then drowsy throughout the afternoon from lunch, … Continue reading →

(a funeral sermon for a 94 year old named Hank) I don’t like saying “goodbye.” For whatever reason it just seems awkward to me. I know that I’ll see these folks again so perhaps the “goodbye” stands as a “thank … Continue reading →

A friend of mine talks about her daughter’s work in Dubai, United Arab. Her daughter lives where the tallest building in the world resides. It reaches up 2,722 ft. with 58 elevators, 900 apartment homes, 304 hotel rooms and 2,957 … Continue reading →