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Eureka!

I took up a new hobby this year. Prompted by men I umpire baseball with, and seeing that there was a need for it here in Naples, I started officiating basketball games. The season took me to the US Navy Air Base on Sicily twice, once over the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend. SinceContinue reading “Eureka!”

Posted byfrdavid11June 23, 2024June 23, 2024Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Eureka!

Open Your Eyes

This past Tuesday, 28 November, the Church commemorated St. Stephen the New, and his story stuck with me throughout the week as I prepared for this Sunday’s sermon. He was born in 715 AD to pious Christian parents, and was named Stephen after the newly elected Patriarch of Constantinople asked God to bless him “throughContinue reading “Open Your Eyes”

Posted byfrdavid11December 5, 2023Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Open Your Eyes
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