Thursday, 31 May 2007 by Paul Dubuc.

I turned 50 years old a couple of weeks ago. My friends at work bought me lunch. I took this past week off from work to celebrate and spend time with friends and family. My parents came out to visit for a week. My daughter Jessica and son-in-law Lucas drove in for the weekend. My son Bryan was home from college. My brother John, who lives in Arizona, surprised me by popping in one morning for breakfast and staying for a few days. We had great fun playing games, riding bikes, watching movies and playing tennis. Mary Beth’s parents came down for dinner on Sunday. Then lots of very nice people surprisingly showed up at what I thought would be a small cookout in my back yard. Good thing we had plenty of food ☺. My wife, Mary Beth, who planned all this, is a truly wonderful woman. Thanks, everyone! It’s such a great blessing to have family and friends like you!

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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 by Paul Dubuc.

I’ve recently finished another quarter at ATS and I have no classes until October so I hope to be writing more here between now and then. This quarter I took the senior seminar in spiritual formation. This class consisted of discussion, reading four modern spiritual classics, some reflective writing on those books, and a project. My project was to design and lead a men’s retreat inspired by the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. Five other guys from the Friday morning men’s group and I spent a weekend at Salt Fork State Park and had some very good discussion, prayer, meditation and fellowship. I enjoyed it very much and the other guys seemed to like it too. I couldn’t have asked for a better group. For about three years now, I’ve had the great blessing of meeting with this group of men for study and prayer. They’ve been a tremendous encouragement and help to me. Read the rest of this entry »

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