Catholic Canoeists Lent Posts
My Lenten Reflection
Easing back into the regular everyday life Post-Lent, I’ve made a few observations I’d like to share. My family has slowly started to ease back into eating out, hastened by our family spring break vacation and I’ve noticed the food isn’t really that great. Second, how is it possible I make a better cup of…
Catholic Canoeists – Holy Week
If you have not been following along with us, I encourage you to start now. It’s not too late to observe the Lenten season. Just do one week, the most important week, Holy Week. Download the pdf (click here) and do what you can for the final days leading up to Easter. For those of…
Life Lessons – 6
Take My Advice, Don’t Take My Advice. Commodore JStroke – Guest Contributor You’ve got a decision to make, right? You didn’t really ask for my advice, but I want to help, really. What do I know about your situation? Not much. At best, what I want to share is that I have been in a…
Life Lessons – 5
Just Keep Your Mouth Shut Just Keep Your Mouth Shut. It’s simple, see Life Lesson Day 4. Maybe, it is its simplicity that makes it so profound. Easy to preach, difficult to practice. I’m confident if we take the time to self-reflect, we’ve all had at least some instance or situation in life where we…
Life Lessons – 4
Tie Your Canoe Down This Life Lesson takes a cue from Day Three’s and keeps it short and it is short because today’s lesson is focused on a single word simple. Keeping life simple makes the difficult less so and the easy a breeze. Take for example, when you finally find your long lost camp…
Life Lessons – 3
If It Can’t Be Explained In Five Minutes, It’s Probably Not Worth Hearing I love learning new things. It is a great perk to have someone explain something to you. Something about being right there in the moment, fully engaged. It is gratifying being able to quickly fire out questions and receive answers right back. …
Life Lessons – 2
The Dumber You Appear, The More Help You Will Receive How could this be? What do you mean by dumb? Isn’t dumb a little harsh? Although this gem came to me organically on the fly during a random Sunday afternoon conversation with family gathered around to celebrate my nephew’s birthday party, its roots date back…
Life Lessons – 1
Don’t Trust Men Shooting Nerf guns with my 11-year-old daughter and 8-year-old boy the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, I had my daughter caught, dead to rights, without the ability to re-load. It’s the advantage of being around for a while, I knew in the heat of the battle their aim would be terrible. Trapped, my…
Lenten Book Introduction – Exodus
Its Ash Wednesday, we begin to break our 24 hour fasts as we conclude the first day of our Catholic Canoeist journey. Exodus is going to be the main focus of our biblical readings for the Lenten Observance. The first two books we have discussed are a little lesser known than Exodus – read Lenten…
Lenten Book Introduction – The Book of Tobit
I hope you all are fattening up because starting tomorrow, the Catholic Canoeists Lenten Observation begins. We will be reading through the books of Sirach, Tobit and Exodus to start. These books were chosen specifically for their patriarchal themes. The Book of Sirach was introduced yesterday, you can read that blog by clicking here. This…
Lenten Book Introduction – The Book of Sirach
Chupacabra Canoe has formed a Catholic Canoeists – Lenten Observance (Click Here). You are encouraged to take part and follow the rigorous disciplines for the 40 days of Lent (starting this Ash Wednesday – March 3rd). Included in the faith section of the observance are daily bible readings where you will read through books such…
Join Us! Catholic Canoeists – Lenten Observance
Chupacabra Canoe has crafted a Lenten challenge that will help you become the man you want to be. The main priority of this Lenten journey is to kindle your relationship with God, make you spiritually fit, and release you from the bonds of our modern lives. The Catholic Canoeists’ Lenten Observance will provide you with…