service Archives - Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker https://deaconallen.com/tag/service/ Catholic Motivational Speaker Wed, 20 May 2026 16:50:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Searching for Proof https://deaconallen.com/searching-for-proof/ https://deaconallen.com/searching-for-proof/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:30:04 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3560 The post Searching for Proof appeared first on Deacon Allen Tatara Catholic Speaker.

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/how-much-is-in-your-tank/feed/ 1 What Do We Do with Our Leftovers? https://deaconallen.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-leftovers/ https://deaconallen.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-leftovers/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:30:07 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3379 Let me begin by taking a poll, and raise your hands good and high: How many of you like leftovers? How many of you do not care for leftovers? (My...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/what-do-we-do-with-our-leftovers/feed/ 1 Get Out of the Boat https://deaconallen.com/get-out-of-the-boat/ https://deaconallen.com/get-out-of-the-boat/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2023 17:00:19 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=3227 We’ve all seen those signs outside of churches that have those funny or witty phrases. I love these! They always seem to put a smile on my face. Most of...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/get-out-of-the-boat/feed/ 1 Name It, Claim It, Change It https://deaconallen.com/name-it-claim-it-change-it/ https://deaconallen.com/name-it-claim-it-change-it/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:00:04 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2591 This past Christmas, my son and daughter-in-law gave me something called ‘Your Desktop Confessional.’ It looks just like one of those old-fashioned confessionals that you would find in an old,...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/name-it-claim-it-change-it/feed/ 2 Blessing or Woe? Which Way Do We Go? https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/ https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/#respond Sun, 13 Feb 2022 16:00:53 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2551 If you were to search the Internet for the word “paradox,” you would get a couple of different definitions: a paradox is when two things are both true, but the...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/blessing-or-woe-which-way-do-we-go/feed/ 0 The Soap and Water of Our Faith https://deaconallen.com/the-soap-and-water-of-our-faith/ https://deaconallen.com/the-soap-and-water-of-our-faith/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:00:30 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=2468 There’s a story about a priest and his friend, a soap maker, who were out taking a walk. The soap maker said, “What good is religion? What good is Jesus?...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/the-soap-and-water-of-our-faith/feed/ 4 We All Were Sent by God https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/ https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:00:11 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1932 “Whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” Sara was a college senior playing for the championship of the Great...

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]]> https://deaconallen.com/we-all-were-sent-by-god/feed/ 2 We Need More, Not Less https://deaconallen.com/we-need-more-not-less/ https://deaconallen.com/we-need-more-not-less/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 14:00:10 +0000 https://deaconallen.com/?p=1887 Welcome to 2018! We are now four days into the New Year and we begin the annual tradition or ritual of the New Year’s Resolution. You know what I’m talking...

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