Presence: Experiencing God Each And Every Day

We have a thought-provoking speaker, Ellen Fri. Life Line Ohio come and speak with my classes about organ donation. Please listen and consider registering in your state as a potential donor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

This afternoon I sat on my porch and was inspired by Pope Francis' words about holiness and how to follow Christ written in his recent "Gaudete et Exsultate" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

This episode is recorded on Sunday morning as my evening plans changed when my son invited me to watch a movie with him. I'm glad I did as my God Presence Moment for the day was discovered within it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I feel the nearness of God in the mass with our likely soon to be retiring bishop and brand new superintendent of Catholic schools. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

A great start to the day sitting outside on my porch praying and a good end seeing The Avengers with my son. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I wear a favorite shirt to school today which reminds me of a life changing trip during which I felt God's Presence richly and frequently. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Finally Spring arrived on the first day of May and we got out into the garden. But my most significant God's Presence Moment came earlier in my classroom with the musical piece "Atlantic" by Sleeping at Last. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Two times of God Presence Moments today. First in three YouTube videos discovered and shown at opportune times. Then feeling God's Presence intensely as I sat outside and listened to Merton's words for Dusk. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

It's a full Sunday! I go and watch our school's last performance of the school year and I mow the law for the first time this season! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

It's Saturday which means I worked my second job pouring wine. It was here that I most felt God's Presence today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I discover a new video by U2, my all time favorite musicians and through it I experience the Presence of God. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

The fourth in an ongoing series of episodes about what to do at my school with all of the wasteful K Pod Coffee plastic the we use. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I have two encounters with ubiquitous animals and experience God's Presence in them and within all of Creation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I experience God's Presence as I watch my sophomore class constructively engage with Mark's Gospel and feel like a proud papa watching his own children. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I get to watch live baseball - Giants vs. Nats while I do the dishes. I feel God's Presence as this brings back memories of watching the Giants live with my Dad last summer in SF. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

On this Earth Day I heard God's words and Word speaking to me in mass and outside walking and meditating. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Today, my 14 year old daughter was Confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church. God was near in this celebration this morning! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My experience of God's Presence today is like a sandwich with a top and a bottom with and unexpected middle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I notice a ladybug on the ceiling in my bathroom this morning and I think about the "thisness" of God's Presence as described by John Duns Scotus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I wash dishes and listen via the At Bat app to baseball played in Oakland, CA and remember fondly many games I've watched there. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support