2013 archive of Blog
Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, August 18, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/20/13
Did you see the TV show 60 minutes 2 Sundays ago? One segment had to do with evaluating babies with puppets to see if they had a preference for “good” or for “bad.” The first part of that segment had babies (about 3-6 months) watch a puppet show where ... Read More »
Assumption of Mary, August 15, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/19/13
I want you all to look at the famous hymn: “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones” it’s in our new hymnals #882. It’s melody that is used with many texts. For example “All Creatures of our God and King.”
Anyway, the song suggests that we join the Holy Ones ... Read More »
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cyle C, August 11, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 8/19/13
I need some teenagers to come up here and try something. Now probably no one is an expert at this, but did you notice that the more attempts someone had, the better they became. That important aspect is to try. There are many people who won’t ever attempt a ... Read More »
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, by Fr. Kevin Anderson, July 22, 2013
Posted by Michele Skeim on 7/22/13
In a couple of weeks I am going on vacation to canoe up in Canada at Quetico Provincial Park.
I look forward to it every year. So here’s a question for you . . . if you could go anywhere for vacation for one week, where would you go? ... Read More »
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, by Fr. Kevin Anderson, July 14, 2013
Posted by Michele Skeim on 7/17/13
A week ago Friday, I did something incredible. Along with another parishioner, Sylvia Michels, we went to a Windsted MN to get trained and each of us were harnessed up to a guide. The plane took us up 13,000 feet. With a guide harnessed to my back . . ... Read More »
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, June 23, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 6/26/13
There are different kinds of “smarts.” Some people have “book smarts,” some are “street smart,” some have loads of common sense and some can “learn things quickly.” Well I have asked a few members of the congregation to play a game. [Invite them up] They are to play this ... Read More »
Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, June 16, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 6/22/13
May it be an evening star, shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls, your heart will be true You walk a lonely road, Oh! How far you are from home Be at peace, your sins are forgiven. Believe and you will find your way
Be at ... Read More »
Trinity Sunday, May 26, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 5/29/13
Trinity Sunday always occurs one week after Pentecost. There have been many images of the trinity . . . e.g. St. Patrick gave us a 3-leaf clover, the Deaf community has a special sign for trinity [demonstrate: 3 into 1]. But here is a new image. I want everyone ... Read More »
Pentecost, May 19, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 5/20/13
We are moving into the wedding season, so I wanted to get some perspectives on love. I found a few good insights on love and on marriage . .
Karl – age 5 “Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and ... Read More »
Ascension, May 11, 2013, by Fr. Kevin Anderson
Posted by Michele Skeim on 5/12/13
I have some questions for you and I want you to give me a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” as your reply:Do you like broccoli?Do you like cats?Do you think the MN Twins will have a winning season?Do you like scary movies?Do you like green olives?Do you have any ... Read More »