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Episode 100: A last look back, and a grand finale
Episode 100 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this, our…Kaitlin Curtice: story and cyclical spirituality
Episode 99 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode…The waiting soul gives: hope-filled resistance to tyranny
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Wade in the Water: On Floods and Finding My Footing
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the flood. That one from the book of Genesis where humanity reached such an epic state of depravity– The Lord saw the…
The invisible, embodied holiness of parenting
I have this image in my head of me, in twenty years, receiving some kind of award – maybe it’s the most dedicated parishioner, catechist of the year, peacemaker extraordinaire. Something acknowledging how my life exemplifies the Holy Spirit at work in the world. I imagine my grown children being invited to speak on my…
When Lent gives you lemons, make a curd
We bought a lemon tree a couple of years ago. Bonnie Sue Ellis came home with what appeared to be a scrawny seedling from friends…
Something to Believe: How Advent Can Lead the Way
I was a little mystified when, in mid-November, I got an email ad announcing 25% off the price of Christmas decorations. The great day of…
Do you know who you’re talking to?
As I walked down the hall and into our parish’s Spanish language youth group meeting after a very trying and somewhat disappointing middle school lesson…
below the surface
under the ashes under the crease of skin flesh bone brain body air fire water earth metal under the ashes elements of nature nature made…
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