Category Archives: Spirituality

Our Christmas “Hero”

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“Ahhhhh. It’s finally finished.  The wars have ended.  Famine is now an ancient word that future generations will ask, ‘What was that like back then?’  Unemployment, fare wages, excellent healthcare will have solved themselves, all because of this historic and … Continue reading →

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Preaching: About You or “Them?”

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

The minister sits down with his yellow pad, black and red pens next to the Bible he’s possessed for years and behind him are rows of biblical commentary books carefully shelved in his study on a lonely, dark Thursday night. … Continue reading →

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Fictional Facts: TV & Christmas

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It happened again last night while I was eating supper and watching Chris Matthews on MSNBC.  His program is interrupted with a tragic shooting at a mall as the Christmas season unfolded. The announcer could not have qualified her words … Continue reading →

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Ungotten Gifts

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It was a plastic car dashboard priced at $19.95, surely beyond my parent’s 1960’s budget.  I’d look at it (wait, “look” is too mild.)  I would admire it at the grocery store while it teased me on the top shelve … Continue reading →

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Christmas with Frank & Paul

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

(Frank Sinatra sings and St. Paul tells us of the beautiful incarnation story.) “She was Boston, I was Vegas, She was crepe suzette, I was pie, She was lectures, I was movies, but I loved her. She was Mozart, I … Continue reading →

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“Snow, Snow, Snow”

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen are on their 1954 movie train to experience “snow.”  They harmoniously sing about snow as though there’s a harmony to be found in it. “Snow, it won’t be long before we’ll all be … Continue reading →

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Tom Foolerary

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

My mother wanted Frank for my name but my dad insisted on Tom.  I’m glad that he won.  It’s hard to be frank and serious when an abundance of humor in our world is always needed. It begins with yourself … Continue reading →

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“The Schroeders”

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Like it or not, we are all compared to someone else and often found wanting.  The person you replace at work suddenly becomes a wonderful and enduring employee.  (Then why was she fired?!)  The previous teacher who gave a student … Continue reading →

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Men’s Skin Care: Born Again?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

A Milwaukee article said men attendance is quickly rising for dermatological services.  Guys in their 40’s, 50’s and up want something tighten, reduced, eliminated and stretched to look young again.  (Again, with this youth thing!)  If it’s happening in Milwaukee, … Continue reading →

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The Practice

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

Golfers practice and then go on tour to prove their worth.  There’s basketball and football practice before the next game and there’s the laborious piano practice taught by a nun with a wooden pointer.  (Four years of her before child … Continue reading →

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