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May 5th, 2008

“I almost blew it last night”

So this priest walks into a bar … #4
I have often been struck by the similar roles played by priests and bartenders. In many ways our jobs are the same. We both listen to people talk about their problems, we both offer advice and mediate disputes and we both try to give folks […]

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April 28th, 2008

“Hey Yank!”

Hopfen and Malz returns in “So this priest walks into a bar … #3″
Ok, so this one is not about me but comes from a fellow priest who is now retired. Back in the early 90’s, he was serving in a small church in Scotland. Now one day Steve was in the pub and the […]

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April 21st, 2008

“Hey Padre, gimme some of them ashes”

So this priest walks into a bar … #2
It was Ash Wednesday and it also happened to be my sexton’s birthday. So after the noonday service he and I walked two blocks down to the local pub for a bite of lunch. Needless to say, I was still in my full clerical garb […]

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April 10th, 2008

WiFi at the bar

This is where I should be doing my blogging.
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March 31st, 2008

So, this priest walks into a bar…

Return of Hopfen und Malz:
Along with Saint’s of the Suds I hope for this to be an occasional, yet on-going series, reflecting on the holy (and sometimes weird) things that happen to me when I go to bars.
Part I “It seems that you see me more in bars than in church.”
I heard these words […]

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March 30th, 2008

Quote for a chilly Sunday morning

The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far away, but I will walk carefully.
–Russian proverb

From Rob Anderson’s beer quote page
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March 26th, 2008

Tapping into the table

This is a pretty interesting concept - a Georgia sports bar has fitted taps to the individual tables. The taps are fitted with counters which determine how much beer is poured, and they automatically shut off when the tap has poured a certain amount of beer (at least until the server turns it back on […]

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