May 5th, 2008
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
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
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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December 3rd, 2007
Hopfen und Malz goes a little secular today to talk about the merits of Irish pub glasses, check it out.
I have twice been to the beautiful country of Ireland and plan to go many times more. I have traveled there both for religious interest and also for a family vacation. Both times I […]
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