Peering out from behind the pillar is Timothy Radcliffe, OP, speaker at AI‘s graduation Friday. Congrats to all graduates (Orin plans to be one next year), including Oddblog friend Michael (here, with Radcliffe):
Category: friends
announcements, friends, shrine
Happy Birthday Mike!
Hey! It’s Mike Patin’s Birthday today! We believe (though we could be wrong) that he turns 29 today. (That’s him, between Shrine-type friends Donna and Kate.) Mike is one of the nicest people around, a great speaker, a wealth of knowledge on youth ministry and the human condition in general. His website does have a…
friends, music
Good for the Soul Music
On the left (horribly photographed) is David Kaufman, a friend of Oddwalk’s, who gave a concert a couple nights ago at St. Teresa’s in Belleville, IL. He has his own music company, Good for the Soul Music, inc. Please check him and his music out!
announcements, friends, odd
P-O-P-P-L-E: that spells Popple!
Our wacky friends in Popple will be performing a concert in Columbia, MO on Wednesday, April 18th. The concert is open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken, but the show is otherwise free. We encourage you to check out Popple at their website, http://popple.us. They are a dynamic and funny music ministry…
friends, prayer, shrine
Holy Week from a Mother’s View
Pictured on the left is a friend of Oddwalk’s, Nanette Munie Norrenberns. She helped us with last year’s CD “Let Us Go, Rejoicing” and the CD release concert following. Last night, some 500 people gathered at the Shrine to pray the biblical stations of the cross given to the Church by Pope John Paul II…
friends, technology, video
The iRack
Orin is not a fan of MadTV in general, but this sketch is pretty funny. Thanks to Katie Press for the tip!
catholicism, friends, lent
An interesting “Lenten Penance” – Becoming a bag lady
Oddwalk’s friend – and Orin’s cow-orker at the Shine – Erin Simmons (that’s right another Erin, just for confusion’s sake) Anyway, she has taken up an interesting “Lenten Penance” read her words: For the 40 days of preparation before Holy Week, I am giving up packaged goods. And by “giving up,” I mean the following.…
friends, odd, random
They better have
From our friends Jason and Corinne’s blog about adopting their new baby girl, Miriam, in China: We Tipped the Maid Well Poop report: her third was in the bathtub. Posted at 06:01 AM Sorry, can’t link to their blog, it’s password-protected.