Mark Saucier
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We received a video of our youngest grandchild who just turned 1.
This was her first Christmas in which she was a conscious participant, and she loved every minute of it.
That was until Daddy …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/6/22
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Have you ever tried to map your thoughts?
Sometimes they flow like a stream of logic, at other times, they’re more a grasshopper on steroids.
The other day, I experienced what appeared to …
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By Mark Saucier
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12/15/21
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As kids, we had Advent wreaths made of coat hangers, cedar greens and nubby candles my mother refused to toss as long as there was some light left in them.
Advent means “coming,” …
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By Mark Saucier
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12/8/21
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I parked my car across the street. Getting out, I looked at our yard and saw the full autumn palette of golds and oranges and reds diffused among the trees.
But there was one that, at the very …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/24/21
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As temperatures and leaves began to fall, I took to the yard to prepare for winter.
Like so many other gardeners and lawn stewards, I cut back dying plants, raked those annoying locust pods, and …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/11/21
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We are preparing to go to Mexico where our small foundation feeds some 600 students every day.
These are Mayan children living in rural villages. COVID closed these communities, along with their …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/28/21
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“Christ and the Rich Young Ruler” is a painting by the German Heinrich Hofmann.
Two things about that work strike me. The first is how Hofmann tells the story in the …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/13/21
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On Sunday, the first reading was from Numbers. Generally, the purpose of the first reading is to thematically set the table for the Gospel.
In this case, Joshua jealously complains to Moses about …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/30/21
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Our daughter-in-law was changing her 2-year-old. The little one looked up at her mother and said, “Mommy, you’re pretty.”
Mommy gently kissed her and replied, “Caroline, …
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Mark Saucier
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9/15/21
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“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
I could picture Athenaeus time-traveling from third century Egypt to our firepit in northwest …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/2/21
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We had two women graduate our recovery program last week.
One was simply bubbly, with a smile that would melt an iceberg. In another life, she might have been a teacher or a …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/18/21
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Another beautiful day — sunny, a gentle breeze and the ocean in mid-tide.
With neither the tumultuous swells of high tide, nor the languid waters of low, the sea was undulating and …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/5/21
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My friend is an Irish nun, an English nurse, and a Peruvian missionary.
I met her over 40 years ago when she was an energetic idealist with a call to dress the wounds, cure the sickness, and hold …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/21/21
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Overhearing their conversation was unavoidable.
It was intense — not heated but genuine, not loud but impassioned. It was not what you would expect from two men standing at an ab …
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By Mark Saucier
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7/8/21
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We do mission work in Yucatan. Among the many attractions of that Mexican state is the Chicxulub Crater, formed some 66 million years ago when an asteroid crashed into earth, leaving a hole 12 miles …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/23/21
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I was waiting for the plumber at one of our ministry houses and I decided to rest a minute on the front porch.
It was one of those perfect moments. A light rain was falling, the slightest breeze …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/10/21
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Our granddaughter looked up from her artwork and asked, “Grandpa, what is your favorite color?”
“Blue,” I answered, as I always had since a kid.
She registered the …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/26/21
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In the Acts of the Apostles, we see the burgeoning life of the early Christian community and people on fire to share this life with others.
It also holds up a mirror in which we can see ourselves …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/12/21
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Covid has caused many to consider the uncertainty of life.
Sales of headstones have increased, and the term “bucket list” is popping up in articles and ads.
That’s good. …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/28/21
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I sat at one of the tables in the yard after our Easter brunch, watching a dozen kids flitting about, looking for hidden eggs and screaming like a miner discovering gold when they found one.
It …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/15/21
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