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    <title><![CDATA[What Clarity Feels Like]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A weekend full of ministry - and the deepest peace I've felt in years]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[From the Tomb, New Life]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Reflections on my fourth Triduum as a deacon]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Day Between]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A meditation on Holy Saturday]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[When Did We Lose Our Humanity?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A banner on a fence - and the answer the Church gives this week]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[At the Right Hand]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[During the Eucharistic Prayer, as the priest raises the sacrifice to the Father, I stand to his right. 
 It's my proper place. The rubrics say so.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Go to Joseph]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A small banner and a daily reminder]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[No Backup Plans]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On faith, uncertainty, and stepping into the unknown]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Names We Carry]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On patrons, identity, and who's interceding for you right now]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dust and Dreams]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Preparing for Lent in a season of building]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Disneyland Gave Me for the Second Half]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On clarity, flywheels, and the formation house I didn't know I was building 
 For months, I've been praying for clarity and courage. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Offering the Miles]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Somewhere around mile eight, I hit the Presentation again. 
 I run with a finger rosary. It's the only way I've found to pray consistently through a half marathon - my mind wanders, my legs burn, but my thumb keeps moving bead to bead.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Name Before the Work]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It was the summer of 1994 when I kept my vigil in the Order of the Arrow. 
 The OA is Scouting's honor society - you don't apply; your peers select you.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Walking Main Street with Purpose]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There's a moment at Disneyland that gets me every time. 
 You walk through the tunnel beneath the train station, the sounds of the outside world fading behind you. And then you emerge onto Main Street, U.S.A., and the world opens. The castle rises in the distance.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Pivot to the Real]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I send at least one handwritten note every week. 
 It's slow. It's inefficient. It can't be scaled. And it lands differently than anything digital ever will]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Seeds That Form Us]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I've been thinking a lot lately about the little moments that shape who we become. 
 It started with a conversation in the car. My son asked me something from his Civics class about speeding tickets]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Drop Your Nets: The Invitations We Almost Miss]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus walks along the Sea of Galilee and calls out to Simon and Andrew: "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." 
 And then this line that stops me every time: At once they left their nets and followed him.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mid-Race Reflections]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Eighteen months ago, I couldn't run a mile. 
 Not “couldn’t” in the sense of some physical limitation - I just couldn't in the truest sense of the word. I was 46, mildly sedentary, and had never been a runner. When my son Andrew looked at me one day and asked if I'd start running with him to improve both of our health, I had a choice to make.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Servant's Mission]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 23:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[January 06, 2026   |   Read Online The Servant's Mission This is a sample of a blog that will be shared weekly with those signed up at Emmaus Disciples. I’ll be…]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fathers, be Fathers!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[December 24, 2025   |   Read Online Fathers, be Fathers! Fatherhood and the rise and fall of families, parishes, and societies Images of Saint Joseph have perva…]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Water]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[December 17, 2025   |   Read Online Water An unexpected realization of our dependence on reliable water Drinking… washing dishes… washing hands… These are just …]]></description>
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