Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

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Missing the Bullseye No More. In the ancient world, archery was very popular. They set up targets and bull’s-eyes to measure the accuracy of a shot. Let’s say you pull back on the bow. Just as you release the arrow, you have a hiccup. The arrow will probably leave the path leading to the bull’s-eye’s...

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Raising the Bar. Elijah was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist, hanging around the Jordan River, when a chariot picked him up and brought him to heaven. After that happened, many people scratched their heads in confusion. “Why does he get a chariot ride to heaven? How come he did have...

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Rootball. Every spring, people ask me, “What beautiful tulips, there are so many of them. Did you just plant them? I tell them, “No! I plant the bulbs in the fall. During the winter, they do their magic. You just can’t see them.” They respond, “Ohhh.” City people! Kobe Bryant was seen as one of...

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There Is a Catch. One day, God appeared to Moses and declared, “I want to be your God. What do you think?” And Moses replied. “What can you do for us”? And God answered, “You and your nation are all slaves. I can persuade the Egyptians to give you your freedom papers. Next, I will...

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Know Your King. Have you ever stood on your own grave? I have. Dad just informed me that he bought four plots at the cemetery, and one of them was for me. I was waiting for my father to return with the water for the flowers around my mother’s headstone when I realized I was...

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Pocking the Bee’s Hive. I go to church meetings often. I sit in a cushy chair in front of a large desk, surrounded by water bottles and a variety of snacks. The meeting begins, and someone in the group has an idea. Then everyone at the meeting thinks it is a great idea, and I...

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Build to Last. My father is a builder. All my uncles are builders. My cousins are builders. Their kids are all builders, and my brothers are builders. So, I know something about building. I often tinker around the shrine, and one day I discovered that the foundation is three and a half feet wide. If you...

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The Greatest Inheritance. We know that when we die, we can’t take it with us. Thus, the inheritance was invented. When my mother died, I got an inheritance: A pillow. Two years before, I was in Kohl’s department store. It was buy-one-get-one-free Monday. That means you pay a ridiculously high price for an item, and you...

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A Reason to Need Him. I did not see that coming. I thought Jesus would have picked the Pharisee. Pharisees obey the commandments. They will not rip off your grandmother as a tax collector would. So why the Pharisee over the tax collector? The Pharisee did not give God a reason to need Him. The...

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