<link>http://commentsfromthekoala.com</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><copyright>Copyright © 2010. All Rights Reserved, Fr James Tucker</copyright><itunes:image href="http://www.commentsfromthekoala.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Koala-Logo_Official.jpg"/><itunes:keywords>koala,puppet,kids,faith,God,Christianity,Catholic</itunes:keywords><itunes:summary>The Koala from New Jersey and his friends give 3-4 minute commentaries on the Spiritual Life for kids.</itunes:summary><itunes:subtitle>Catholic Creativity for Kids</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Kids & Family"/><itunes:author>Koala from New Jersey</itunes:author><item> <title>SPECIAL: The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe</h1> <article> <h1>SPECIAL: The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:57:14 +0000</p> <p>In conjunction with the Spiritual Awakening and the Marian consecration of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lightingheartsonfire.org/" target="_blank">Diocese of Metuchen</a>, we celebrate the release of this feature presentation: <strong>The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe</strong>, as told by those who were there, most notably St. Juan Diego …</p> <span id="more-1195"></span> <a id="69a4bcb2e72d8" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36J8FyYwdPE&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36J8FyYwdPE&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e72d8").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 61: The Unscripted Pup!</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:26:19 +0000</p> <p>A new segment of Comments from the Koala: Unscripted introduces Gina, our Religious Ed Director meeting Stew, the Butterscotch Pup!</p> <span id="more-1185"></span> <a id="69a4bcb2e7a9a" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSP6ZF8gTKA&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSP6ZF8gTKA&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e7a9a").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script> <p></p> <p></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 60: The Proper Use of Tools – with Baxter!</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 09:00:13 +0000</p> <p>Meet Baxter, the friendly Monster with the Orange hair. He’s here to talk about tools and the proper way to use them!<span id="more-970"></span></p> <h2></h2> <p><a id="69a4bcb2e807d" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bgv6rrjDk&rel=0&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bgv6rrjDk&rel=0&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e807d").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script></p> </article> <article> <h1>Happy 5th Anniversary to Comments from the Koala!</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:28:37 +0000</p> <p style="text-align: center;"></p> <p style="font-family: 'Swanky and Moo Moo', cursive;">It was five years ago this very day – Labor Day – when Mel Bourne, the Koala from New Jersey, began his very first comment.</p> <p style="font-family: fantasy;"> <p><span id="more-935"></span></p> <p><a id="69a4bcb2e852e" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23CeAs2nPo&rel=0&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K23CeAs2nPo&rel=0&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e852e").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 58: Fighting Doesn’t Pay</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:18:50 +0000</p> <p>The hornless Ram, Arius warns us about fighting and how we can lose our dignity if we let our anger carry us away.<span id="more-920"></span></p> <p><a id="69a4bcb2e8d68" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFX-0xK7bkw&rel=0&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFX-0xK7bkw&rel=0&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e8d68").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 57: Fudge Out for a Walk</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:28:52 +0000</p> <p>Fudge tells us how to trust in God to guide us in times of confusion.<br /> <span id="more-907"></span></p> <p><a id="69a4bcb2e91b6" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ALtjSc20c&rel=0&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ALtjSc20c&rel=0&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e91b6").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 56: Lessons from the Catty-Chism: The Vocation Sacraments</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:12:16 +0000</p> Fr. Magentus Brown is back and this time he’s teaching us about the Sacraments of Vocation — God’s calling for your life: Matrimony and Holy Orders.<p class="continue-reading-button"> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="http://commentsfromthekoala.com/comments-from-the-koala-56-lessons-from-the-catty-chism-the-vocation-sacraments">Continue reading<i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 55: Pluckey’s Plucked Kitchen</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:31:55 +0000</p> <a id="69a4bcb2e9a83" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTJbSQDOjng&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTJbSQDOjng&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2e9a83").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script> <p>Pluckey the Plucked Chicken introduces us to his “Plucked Kitchen” and teaches us how to prepare and organize before we start cooking.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 54: A Vacation with the Lord</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:20:21 +0000</p> Mel Bourne shares with us some snippets from his vacation with his critter buddies, featuring Fudge, the Milk Chocolate Lab and Pluckey, the Plucked Chicken. Many thanks to Joann and Frank Boening for allowing us to film on their farm.<p class="continue-reading-button"> <a class="continue-reading-link" href="http://commentsfromthekoala.com/comments-from-the-koala-54-a-vacation-with-the-lord">Continue reading<i class="crycon-right-dir"></i></a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Comments from the Koala 53: Taming the Monkey Mind</h1> <p>Koala from New Jersey — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:22:25 +0000</p> <p>Mel Bourne, the Koala from New Jersey, teaches us how to focus our attention on useful and worthwhile things, rather than letting our mind jump from one topic to another, like a monkey hops from tree to tree.<span id="more-854"></span></p> <p><a id="69a4bcb2ea26f" rel="wp-video-lightbox" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaukI6VT6ug&rel=0&width=1024&height=600" title=""></a> <script> /* <![CDATA[ */ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(function(){ var width = $(window).innerWidth(); var setwidth = parseFloat(1024); var ratio = parseFloat(0.5859375); var height = parseFloat(600); var link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaukI6VT6ug&rel=0&width=1024&height=600'; if(width < setwidth) { height = Math.floor(width * 0.5859375); //console.log("device width "+width+", set width "+1024+", ratio "+0.5859375+", new height "+ height); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('width', link, width); var new_url = wpvl_paramReplace('height', new_url, height); $("a#69a4bcb2ea26f").attr('href', new_url); //console.log(new_url); } }); }); /* ]]> */ </script></p> </article> </main></body></html>