Category Archives: Spirituality

Lent: Season of Grace

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The 40 days of Lent begin this Sunday.  For 40 long days we are not allowed to say the “a” word.  I wish I could tell you what the “a” word is but then I would tell you what I’m … Continue reading →

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The Lost Belly Button

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

In a outpatient medical procedure my friend will lose the most physical connection to his mother.  (Where’s Freud when he’s needed?) It’s aptly named because we know exactly where it resides above our belts and on our bellies.  “Femur” doesn’t provide … Continue reading →

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Life Is Not That Difficult

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Circa 1969, AM radio: my first real job spinning records on a Saturday night as a high school junior like I’m home but instead entertaining Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  Dream job, mistakes and all. Sometimes there would be callers with comments like, … Continue reading →

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The “Walking Dead”

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

They are the ones breathing and moving about but their breath is old oxygen and their movements are circular. Their appearance to us seems normal or expected but inside them only lives the regrets, remorse or rehashed failures or losses.  … Continue reading →

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Empty Yourself

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Empty Yourself.

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“Sometimes”

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Sometimes I’m happy and other sometimes I’m irritable and quick with the quip.  What a wonderful word for those in-between times of life.  By “in-between” I mean we faithful  Church folk have a stern doctrine and beliefs to follow with … Continue reading →

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“What Happens When…”

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It was a card table covered with a white cloth in the back bedroom of our Manitowoc, Wisconsin home that served as my sacred altar.  10 years old with no audience (I mean congregation) allowed to participate.  11:00 a.m. every … Continue reading →

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“Bits & Pieces” of Our Lives

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“It happened this way…I remember her saying to me…It was rainy the night that we…I wanted to say more but thought that…” It’s the bits and pieces of life that gathers so many memories and then holds on to them, … Continue reading →

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22 Seconds

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

He sits underneath the traffic light at 76 and Capitol (Milwaukee) on my drive home.  He’s been there six or seven times over the past two years.  The cardboard sign he holds says, “Homeless, will work” or something like that, … Continue reading →

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“Is There Salvation for the Old?”

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Our U.S. culture was right all along.  It’s all for the youth preferably under 30.  Baby Boomers and those older may spend all the healthcare but there’s a reward for the young in heaven.  Heaven is reserved for the young.  … Continue reading →

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