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Jul 27, 2020
2 min

My prayer life... needs improvement

I went to confession a few weeks ago and the first thing the priest asked me was how is my prayer life? I responded that it is quite "hit...

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Baseball game: A lazy Sunday summer poem

Dan Popovich

Jul 26, 2020
1 min

Baseball game: A lazy Sunday summer poem

Sitting here with fam'ly round We watch the game and cheer the sound Relaxing joy to chat and see Th' purpose of eternity What? Baseball?...

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Making money off the suffering of others...

Dan Popovich

Jul 26, 2020
2 min

Making money off the suffering of others...

This is a post regarding the topic of my goal of helping bring about more compassionate and effective mental health care for all. (My min...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 26, 2020
2 min

Christ-monger? Oh I hope not

The picture is of Christ driving out the money-changers from the temple. I suspect it might have some relation to the subject of "getting...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 18, 2020
2 min

What repentance means to me

This isn't a catechism or even dictionary definition, this is just a reflection on my life thus far (I am 53 years of age) and what my "g...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 16, 2020
1 min

That's heavy mannnnn...

Actually this post isn't about anything "deep" or intellectual. It is just about overall mental and physical, and spiritual health. I had...

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Fruits of our labor... examples of good coping mechanisms

Dan Popovich

Jul 12, 2020
1 min

Fruits of our labor... examples of good coping mechanisms

I got a chance to tend to the tomato garden today. (Yes, those three pictured are actually tomatoes. They are German or Sausage tomatoes ...

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Dan Popovich

Jul 12, 2020
1 min

And I stress...

No, I wasn't going to emphasize any kind of doctrine or whatnot. I simply want to let you the reader know that I too stress out sometimes...

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Dan Popovich

Jun 4, 2020
2 min

4:30 p.m. How's the day going?

Do you ever pause somewhere in the day and evaluate how things went so far? I'm going to do something different today and ask God to eval...

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Dan Popovich

Jun 4, 2020
2 min

Is this "as it is in Heaven"?

That is the question that I've been asking myself this morning regarding many aspects of my life and this world. The "Our Father" prayer ...

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Dan Popovich

May 25, 2020
1 min

A rambling prayer for life

Here I go No rhymes this time Random prayer from an addled mind I can do nothing without Your willing it Lord I am nothing And You are Ev...

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Dan Popovich

May 3, 2020
1 min

Rosary meditation

I've started using the rosary to help me focus on the mysteries of Christ's life and help me to relax. Relax? Was that his message? In pa...

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Dan Popovich

Apr 27, 2020
1 min

Using money rightly... hopefully

Meditating about the right use of money this morning. Over the past 20 years I have been given (yes given) a little by this country's sta...

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Dan Popovich

Apr 17, 2020
1 min

Simple morning meditation 4.17.2020

Silence silence all around Rational thoughts waiting To be found Mild ambient noise The furnace The refrigerator A little tinnitus in the...

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One Christian's meditation on "mental illness"

Dan Popovich

Apr 13, 2020
2 min

One Christian's meditation on "mental illness"

This is a very subjective (to me) meditation on mental illness (a form of which I do suffer from occasionally.) It is subjective because ...

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What do you focus on? A meditation on frustration and boredom

Dan Popovich

Apr 13, 2020
2 min

What do you focus on? A meditation on frustration and boredom

God gave us an entire universe of people and things that have the ability to draw our attention including ourselves. Is that good? Of cou...

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Dan Popovich

Apr 11, 2020
2 min

Resurrection Day

"Easter" Most of us don't even know where that word comes from. I had to look it up. It is irrelevant for the most part. Something to do w...

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Dan Popovich

Mar 29, 2020
2 min

Morning thoughts again

Blank the mind that starts the day A page for you to write Gone the phantoms of my dreams Disappearing with the night. Soon the sun will ...

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Opinion: merely that... my opinion. Think for yourself!

Dan Popovich

Mar 24, 2020
1 min

Opinion: merely that... my opinion. Think for yourself!

Knowledge. Knowledge won't buy your way into heaven. You can't get there by being a know-it-all. Believe me. I am a legend in my own mind...

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Dan Popovich

Mar 7, 2020
1 min

I ask for God's blessings for this day

So much can change for us God. When You are with us. Of course You are with us always in a way. But maybe it is when I am with You. How i...

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