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Of coaching, of haunting and blessings…….

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Tonight St. Patrick’s Men’s Bible Study met at our home. We are using Tony Dungy’s “Quiet Strength” and its accompanying Bible study manual as our guide. It is an opportunity to look at our lives from a different perspective. For instance, last night’s lesson was all about “our game plans.” As an (former) athlete, it is a model I truly enjoy and I am looking forward to the next five lessons as well as the opportunity I have to study with other men.

About an hour after the study I had to go pick Scott up from “The Haunted Trail,” where he was working in order to not have to write a paper for one of his classes. There were two things about that that I found bizarre…..one, that scaring people could lead to credit, and then two that people actually pay to be scared. Go figure. I just hope the other team finds him just as scary tomorrow night when he suits up for his lacrosse game……my bet is they will not be as anxious!

Anyway, all the ghouls and goblins are home and the little shark (on Friday) is in bed. I need to head there as well. It has been a busy day, and tomorrow looms on the horizon. I am just thankful on this one, for family, friends, and the opportunity the Lord gives me in all of them.

Goodnight my friends and God Bless.

Tom+

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Faith and study for a meaningful Monday and beyond…….

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On Monday nights Amanda leads a women’s Bible study in our home. It is a study that is really about the Bible….it began at the beginning of the Gospels and is making its way through.

It got me thinking that maybe the men of the Church might like something, so beginning Wednesday at 6:30 we will start a 7 week Bible Study here using Tony Dungy’s Bible Study “Quiet Strength.” After we finish that, hopefully something else will continue for the men of St. Patrick’s while I go over to Anderson and lead the Tony Dungy book for the men of St. Anne’s. From there I will head to both Nashville and Greenfield.

Church and faith are really much more than just gathering for worship on a Sunday, or on Christmas and Easter if you are really stretching it! The idea is that faith permeates all of life, including all the time we are away from worship. Worship and study inform life, and how we live should reflect both. I am always amazed, and almost always disappointed, at how people often compartmentalize their faith into a time slot rather than to weave it into the whole of their lives. We are better than that……I just wish we could realize it!

Anyway, the study is now done, Ben is in bed, this blog is written and I am about at the end myself. My prayer for us all however is that we “get it.” Life is too important not to. And living by faith, every moment and every day, is what give life its purpose and meaning. My friends I want that for you.

Goodnight and God Bless! May your tomorrow be filled with God’s abundant blessings!

Fr. Tom+