Tag Archives: Family

A Children’s Game Adults should Learn

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It’s a children’s game played so very often when children are children and then we grow up and find ourselves still playing that child’s game, only now as adults we play it so very wrong. Never taught, it’s a totally … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Snowman

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

It’s a new January’s whitest morning. Above reigns a crisply blue sky with the sound of quieting winds. Covering the ground? The earthly covering is mounds of white stuff. Youth-filled eyes awaken to its wonder and their smiling faces already … Continue reading →

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Funeral for a Landscaper

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“It’s but a moment.” That’s what the nurse told you twenty minutes ago waiting to see your doctor. Its length is unknown to us because time contains unknown moments and also contains those single, solitary moments. One moment occurs and … Continue reading →

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The “Holy Family” & Your Family

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

“Dysfunctional Family” was the buzz word in the ’80’s to describe your family but never the family next to yours. It was that somehow your family did not meet the expected assembly of what we firmly call, “Family.” For me, … Continue reading →

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“Keep Your Fork”

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Rev. Joe Jagodensky, SDS.

God sent His Son, His only Son, to save the world through redemptive words and actions of love, mercy, and hope. We acknowledge and honor that great event once again. God did a pretty good job, don’t you think? Jesus … Continue reading →

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“The Kitchen Table”

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

I was brought into their house when their number of children grew to five. The junior before me was put in the basement for laundry duty. It seems that I was “On Sale” which was not a comforting thought for … Continue reading →

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