With Eyes of Faith

By Deacon John De Gano

 The other day Cheryl and I saw the movie “Searching.” It tells the story of a parent who, facing a family crisis, discovers that he really knew very little about his own child. Now that she is missing he attempts to discover, through the means of social media, who her friends were and who might have been the last to see her.

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 For most of us summer is over. The kids are back in school and we are nursing our bruises and strained muscles from squeezing in too much fun and excitement into too few vacation days.

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By Deacon John De Gano

 Graduation Day is approaching at schools and universities all across this country, and job seekers are being reminded that they should “dress for the career they want; not the job they have.”

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By Deacon John De Gano

 Question: If a picture is worth a thousand words… And a tweet uses only 280 characters, then what good can come from these five or six words?

 Answer: On February 19, 1968, they ushered in 50 years’ worth of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood wisdom on PBS stations across the country. Through memorable characters like King Friday XIII, Daniel Striped Tiger, Lady Aberlin and all the rest of the residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, viewers learned to get along in spite of differences of opinion, cultures, etc.

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By Deacon John De Gano

 I have a love/hate relationship with my electronic fitness tracker. I balk at the idea that some machine is going to dictate how many steps I need to take each day or tell me I should feel affirmed when it provides me with a three-second flashing light display if (and when) I reach that goal.

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