All episodes of STEAL THIS SERMON

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STS#279 ONE MINUTE SERMON - THE COMMENCEMENT TALE 2024

34 YEARS AGO, THE SISTINE CHAPEL OF COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES WAS GIVEN AT A SMALL HIGH SCHOOL. LISTEN TO IT NOW

Published 05/18/24

STS#278 THOUGHTS ON STACKING DOLLS AND MARRIAGE

A MARRIAGE IS A COLLECTION OF STACKING DOLLS. NOT ALL STACKING DOLLS KEEP GROWING. THE BEST ANALOGY FOR A MARRIAGE IS AN ARCH.

Published 05/10/24

STS#277 THE EPIPHANY OF SECULAR SACRAMENTS

SISTER MICHAEL ELIZABETH, A FUNERAL AND A LONG AGO PLANE FLIGHT BRING TOGETHER A MEDITATION ON THE PRESENCE OF SACRAMENTS IN OUR LIVES

Published 05/03/24

STS#276 ONE MINUTE SERMON: FATHER SZYMANSKI'S TALE

A TERRIFIC MORAL LEARNED FROM A WRETCHED PREACHER.

Published 04/26/24

STS#275 STACKING DOLLS & PARABLES

A REFLECTION ON THE POWER OF STACKING DOLLS AND PARABLES AS A DEVICE FOR MEDITATION OR PRAYER

Published 04/19/24

STS#274 STACKING DOLLS

STACKING DOLLS REPRESENT ALL OF THE LIVES WE HAVE LIVED WITHIN THIS ONE LIFE - AND ALL THE LIVES YET TO COME

Published 04/12/24

STS#273 ON LIFE - IN ALL ITS STAGES

A 4 MINUTE REFLECTION ON EMBRYOS, CHOICES, MASTERPIECES AND THE GOOD LIFE. GIVE A LISTEN.

Published 04/05/24

STS#272 RESURRECTION IS FOR US LOSERS, TOO

A REFLECTION ABOUT 2 KINDS OF RESURRECTION - THE RISING FROM OUR OLD LIFE TO OUR NEW LIFE TODAY AND AT LIFE'S END. CO-STARRING 35 PEOPLE WHO ROSE TO A NEW LIFE

Published 03/29/24

STS#271 I WANT TO DIE ON THE MOON

A REFLECTION ON SMALL AND TRANSIENT GOALS IN CONTRAST TO GOALS WORTHY OF DEVOTING A LIFETIME TO

Published 03/22/24

STS#270 A SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARABLE

ST PATRICK CELEBRATES ST PADDY'S DAY IN ST PAUL IN A WAY THAT ST PETER DISAPPROVES OF.

Published 03/14/24

STS#269 TO ACT FOLLOWS TO BE

A REFLECTION ON THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THOMAS AQUINAS' CORE BELEIF, NATIVE AMERICAN DEATH SONGS AND THE PURPOSE OF LIFE. a BIG TOPIC IN JUST 3 OR 5 WORDS

Published 03/08/24

STS#268 THOMAS AQUINAS : A HERO FOR THE 2020's

FOUR 850 YEAR OLD IDEAS THAT WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD

Published 03/01/24

STS#267 THE CARPET WEAVER'S TALE

A STORY ABOUT A CARPET WEAVER AND HIS PEARL OF GREAT VALUE

Published 02/23/24

STS#266 OLD SONG, NEW MEANING, MASTER JACK

WE EXPLORE A POP SONG FROM THE 1960'S -MASTER JACK- AND WHAT IT MEANT THEN, WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT jESUS LIFE AND WHAT IT SAYS TODAY

Published 02/16/24

STS#265 QUESTS AND THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION

WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? DON QUIXOTE AND A MEMBER OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST PROFESSION GIVE US SOME CLUES

Published 02/09/24

STS#264 A SUPER BOWL SERMON

THE 1942 VERSION OF THE SUPER BOWL HAS GREAT LESSONS TO BE LEARNED.

Published 02/02/24

STS#263 THE BEATITUDES MEET UP WITH A MODERN POEM

Maggie Smith takes a look at a broken world and finds good bones worth working on. Jesus, too, sees that broken world and offers us endless hope.

Published 01/26/24

STS#262 RINGMASTER TOM'S TALE

ANOTHER HARTE'S BAR EPISODE STARRING RINGMASTER TOM AND HIS AMAZING FREE CARNIVAL RIDE TICKETS.

Published 01/19/24

STS#261 FOR I WAS SICK AND YOU VISITED ME

ONE OF GOD'S SECRET AGENTS WALKS THE WALK OF MATTHEW 25:35

Published 01/12/24

STS#260 TESTAMENT BY WENDELL BERRY

THERE IS MUCH POETRY IN THE BIBLE. CONTEMPORARY POETRY HAS GREAT SPIRITUAL WISDOM AS WELL.

Published 01/05/24

STS#259 MY NAME IS CHRIS.......

HE GAINED IN HIS LIFETIME LITTLE PRIZE. HE WAS A FOOL IN ALL MEN'S EYES. BUT HE HAD THE WISDOM IN HIS AGE TO LIVE A FOOL AND DIE A SAGE.

Published 12/29/23

STS#258 A CHRISTMAS STAR POEM

TAKE TWO MINUTES TO PONDER THE CHRISTMAS STAR

Published 12/22/23

STS#257 A GRUBBY LOOK AT THE NIGHT OF HIS BIRTH

THE PEOPLE IN THIS DEPICTION OF CHRISTMAS ARE NOT STATUES. RATHER THEY ARE REAL HUMANS, SWEATY AND ROUGH AND WORRIED AND OH SO LIKE US.

Published 12/15/23

STS#256 SO, HOW'S YOUR SOUL DOING?

ONLY ASK QUESTIONS THAT MATTER. BUT WHAT QUESTIONS MATTER. YOU DON'T GET A REPLAY.

Published 12/08/23