The Poor in Spirit

Did anyone else hear a homily yesterday about the dangers of greed and affluent American lifestyles and the need to support the Church and give

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There I Am Home

Home has never been a place for me. I have been so many places in my life. I have a special nostalgia for the farming

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D-Day

The fight is joined that took so long to prepare The Serpent will be routed from his usurped lair. The King invades the land with

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Spirituality
Ryan Kraeger

Patience

Once again I let this blog sneak up on me. My first clue that it was my week to write an IT post was when

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Life
Ryan Kraeger

One Another’s Burdens

This is part II. Part one is at The Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, the Blind. Then He also said to him who invited Him,

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Columnists
Ryan Kraeger

Clothe the Naked

“The Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, whie Satan stood at his right hand to accuse him.

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Family
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Holpin’

As I was on leave over the last few weeks I spent a lot of time back home on the family farm, helping with projects

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Family
Ryan Kraeger

What My Father Did

Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His

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Career
Ryan Kraeger

Little Brother

This is a post I wrote for my youngest brother who leaves for basic training next week. I would appreciate it if everyone could say

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Dating
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Oh Good Heavens!

I had no idea when I wrote my last post that it would generate so much controversy. I certainly had no idea it would offend so many

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Single Life
Ryan Kraeger

When NCB meets NCG

In the last few months since I subscribed to Auntie Seraphic,* I have repeatedly seen the acronyms “NCB” and “NCG” plastered all over the single

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Sacraments
Ryan Kraeger

Hunger and Thirst

In March of 2007, less than a month after I had turned twenty-two years old, I was deployed to Afghanistan with my engineer unit. I

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Life
Ryan Kraeger

My Take on Gender Specific Abortions

  Recently, in reaction to the breaking news about Planned Parenthood performing gender specific abortions, a bill was introduced into Congress seeking to make gender

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Mercy and Killing
Ryan Kraeger

Robot Armies

For this symposium on mercy and killing most of the writers have been weighing in on the issues of euthanasia and abortion, and with good

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Lessons in the Chinook

“Man’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the timeless With time, is an occupation

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Cricket Valentine Story

If ya’ll aren’t already Valentined out, here is a story a little on the lighter side of the whole love and romance theme. Granted, for

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