In a retreat at the Shrine this past Saturday, Joyce Rupp played this video and asked those who had gathered about the moments of compassion within. Where do you see compassion? Any new insights on what it takes or means to be compassionate? What about Christian compassion? “Historia de un letrero, The Story of a…
Year: 2010
family, friends, music, oddwalkia, ringtones
Seven Years!!
Seven years ago today, my (Shannon) wife, Erin, and I were married at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury in Fulton, Missouri. It has been a great marriage, highlighted by three awesome children, a great support network of friends and family, and (most importantly) God’s continuous and abundant grace in our lives.. For the wedding, Erin…
announcements, merchandise, oddwalkia, website
100 to 30,000!
We’re just 100 unique visits away from our 30,000th visit to the Oddblog (in various incarnations) since we installed the sitemeter. To celebrate, we are giving the 30,000th visitor $30 in free Oddwalk merchandise! To win, you can’t be us, or any family of Oddwalk – in that case, the next visitor would be declared…
friends, keytar, odd
Well, one of us would, anyway…
Our friend Paul from the REAP team alerted us to this blog post, which discusses if any earthly being can really know what God’s plan and will (God’s “design” he says) is for his or herself, or for anyone. The author doubts it very much. Driving home his point, he says: “And so when we…
catholicism, friends, GIA, keytar, music
Thanks, Keaton!
Friends and neighbors of Orin’s, the Ibendahl family, recently celebrated with the oldest daughter of the family, Keaton, as she received her first communion. Her and her younger brother Chapin saw Oddwalk last year at their school – and Orin’s neighborhood parish in St. Louis – St. Margaret of Scotland. They didn’t have any Oddwalk…
music, odd, random
Chicken Monkey Duck
catholicism, friends, good news
New Kids All Around
Congrats to many odd-friends who have had babies recently or are about too! Specifically, we’ll name Joia and Brad Farmer (of last year’s NCYC theme song and Apex fame) and their new son, Simon Benedict, and Kyle (of Popple) and Kathleen’s new boy, Sebastian James, pictured below at his baptism. Erin Brennan, friend at the…