Oddwalk Ministries

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Father’s Day

As I’m sure you are aware, Father’s Day is Sunday. While I can only to claim to have a little over a year and a half’s worth of experience as a Father, I can say that it has been wonderful. Here are some observations about the girl who made me a father. Madeleine runs to…

Benedict XVI Visits St. Louis, MO!

Well, Eureka, MO actually. Well, not really, but The Onion, a satirical newspaper, says he enjoyed his visit to Six Flags. Enjoy! *warning* There is -one- naughty word if you read close enough, and while the other content is probably really funny too, just be careful if you start poking around.

Shannon’s Other Life

As many of you know, in addition to Oddwalk, I work as a full-time youth ministry director in Jefferson City, MO. This week, my parish teens are in Waveland, Mississippi doing their part to help rebuild that community from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. They are working very hard and are having an amazing…

Freeburg Fun

Yesterday evening, Oddwalk traveleled to Freeburg, Illinois for to help with a night planned for the teenagers of St. Joseph parish. Our responsibility was two-fold. The first part was to lead music for their “Youth” Mass, which coincided with the parish’s regular 5pm, Saturday evening Mass. Even though we introduced them to a couple of…

A New CD is in the Works

Last night, Orin and I spent a few hours laying down some tracks for our forthcoming CD, tentatively titled “Here We Go”. We’re really excited about this project. It’s going to be a mixture of live and studio tracks. The live tracks were recorded at the 2006 Belleville Diocesan Youth Conference and the 2006 Jefferson…