Mark Saucier
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On the surface, Jesus sells pretty well. Who wouldn’t want forgiveness, grace and eternal life?
I know I do.
But once you get into the weeds, it can be a little more challenging.
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By Mark Saucier
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9/28/23
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When we were taking care of our daughter’s kids for a few days, one of the things we had to do was to take our grandson to Taekwondo practice.
I’ve been to a near-infinite number of …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/10/23
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I have a friend who could have been a great pastor, but he spent his professional life as a machinist instead.
He never went to seminary, barely made it through high school.
The Navy was going …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/17/22
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When we were taking care of our daughter’s kids for a few days, one of the things we had to do was to take our grandson to Taekwondo practice.
I’ve been to a near-infinite number of …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/10/23
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A cake, ablaze with candles toasting the shredded coconut at their feet, was no subtle reminder that another year had passed.
In that piercing light, I could not deny that I had reached the …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/15/24
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It was a greedy, aggressive cancer.
Not content to feast on his lungs, it metastasized, seeking total conquest of his body.
It seemed to win. We had his funeral yesterday: a royal …
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By Mark Saucier
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1/19/23
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There is an old story in the Jewish Hasidic tradition of the Rabbi Eizik, son of Yekel.
He was a poor rabbi who lived in Cracow.
One night, Rabbi Eizik had a dream. In this dream, he was led to …
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By Mark Saucier
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8/31/22
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It is the most unmistakable sign of autumn.
More than changing leaves, shortened days or cooler nights, it’s the falling locust pods that tell me that summer is past and winter is fast …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/11/23
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It’s the season of caps and gowns, big dreams and a beckoning future.
Commencement speakers are advising graduates to go for the gold, dig deep and change the world.
The diploma-ed …
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By Mark Saucier
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5/25/23
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If you find yourself in a group of inmates and the conversation starts to lag, ask them about their grandmothers.
I’ve seen hardened men come to tears talking about their grandmas, many of …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/14/22
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The Hebrew Scriptures have many takes on aging and death.
There is the story of Enoch, the great grandfather of Noah, who “walked with God, and he was no longer here, for God took …
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By Mark Saucier
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6/7/23
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It was another silly question popping up in a wandering conversation.
“What superpower would you like to have?”
Avoiding the selfish fun things like invisibility or telepathy, it …
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By Mark Saucier
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2/1/23
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Years ago, I was in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Walking across a plaza, I saw a small group of people staring up at a mango tree.
I looked up but saw nothing extraordinary until a man next to me …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/26/23
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Years ago, a friend gave me a copy of a lithograph of St. Lazarus — the one held in the bosom of Abraham, not the Lazarus awakened by Jesus from a four-day death nap.
There’s a church …
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By Mark Saucier
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9/28/22
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“Familiarity breeds contempt.”
That old Roman proverb, echoed in Augustine and Chaucer, stills rings true today.
One exception, though, may be Scripture.
Here, our …
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By Mark Saucier
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3/14/24
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It was early when I came downstairs. Just before I reached for the switch, something across the room caught my eye.
There was a single patch of light. At first, I thought it was a message alert on …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/12/22
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The disciples, desperate for something more tangible than homespun allegories, asked Jesus to teach them to pray.
I wonder what their reaction was when he gave them the “Our Father.”
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By Mark Saucier
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6/21/23
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An iconic image in Celtic spirituality is the apostle John reclining next to Jesus at the Last Supper.
According to the Gospel of John, the apostle lays his head on the chest of Jesus to look up …
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By Mark Saucier
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4/28/22
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“What is the purpose of belief if even God can’t put the world back the way you worshipped it?”
This is the question a character in Shubangi Swarup’s novel Latitudes of …
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By Mark Saucier
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10/27/22
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Going through the mail the other day, I found a check for $905.45.
Apparently, some overfed algorithm inferred that a retired couple of former Church workers could use extra cash.
It was a …
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By Mark Saucier
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11/9/23
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