Prayer and Spirituality – Page 5 – Messy Jesus Business

Sister Helen Prejean: Legalized Vengeance and Waking Up to Justice

ByCharish February 24, 2022February 23, 2022

Season 5, episode 5, of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. Photos by Scott Langley. “We are called to create, where nothing exists.” – Sister Helen Prejean LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Sister Helen Prejean, who is known for…

Prayer and Spirituality

The transformative power of the spiritual practice of Eucharistic Adoration

Byskhennessey February 17, 2022April 6, 2023

The air is palpably different, more alive, almost tingling to the touch. The round room always feels like entering home and my gaze is fixed on one spot. Sometimes a river of warmth comes toward me and holiness is not even the right word to describe a feeling this immense. At the same moment, the…

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Gary Jansen: The Super Spiritual and the Supernatural

ByCharish Badzinski February 10, 2022February 9, 2022

Episode 4, season 5 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “Everything is a spiritual experience, and has the opportunity to provide meaning for you.” -Gary Jansen LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, public speaker and author Gary Jansen talks with Sister Julia Walsh about…

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Dr. C. Vanessa White: Discipline Leads to Freedom?

ByCharish Badzinski January 27, 2022January 26, 2022

Episode 3, Season 5 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “The spiritual life is a journey in discipline.” – Dr. C. Vanessa White LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Dr. C. Vanessa White and Sister Julia Walsh talk about what healthy spirituality looks like, the…

Community Building | Prayer and Spirituality

The untidy mix of old and new

BySister Julia Walsh January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

The other day, I went for a walk along a road in Indiana between cornfields and luxurious homes, and I saw horseshoe prints and Amish buggy tracks in the frozen mud. While I moved through what felt like a strange crossroad of rural America, icy wind swirled flurries around my feet and numbed my cheeks….

Adrienne Alexander: Lobbying for the Laborers

ByCharish Badzinski January 13, 2022January 12, 2022

Season 5, Episode 2 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “Little by little, you can make a difference in people’s lives.” -Adrienne Alexander LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Adrienne Alexander about her family’s faith beginnings and how she…

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Faith and grace

Byfranciscansisters January 4, 2022January 4, 2022

Like many other people, I’ve been working hard to sever my life from Facebook due to frustrations about the abuse of power that company is guilty of, but Facebook has its claws sunk so deeply into our online lives it’s almost impossible. I logged in the other day to find someone’s contact info and was…

Equity and Justice | Prayer and Spirituality

A year of messiness and mercy

BySister Julia Walsh December 28, 2021December 28, 2021

For many of us 2021 has been a time of grief, turmoil, sorrow and discomfort. We have felt the storms of society and the catastrophes of climate change, suffering with those the world would rather ignore. Our bodies ache. We feel stress and anxiety. We are afraid and tired. All of us are hurting. Even…

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The Wild Love of St. Francis

Byskhennessey December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

St. Francis loved Christmas. He loved it so much that in the little village of Greccio, Italy, on a craggy hillside in 1223, he reenacted the nativity. He was not really a big words, intellectual guy. Francis liked to jump in with his whole heart and body. So the story goes that he invited the…

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St. Peter and the Spirit of Advent

Bygreglittle3708 December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Not too long ago, one of my dear friends traveled to Rome. Among many noteworthy moments, including an evening worship with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis, he shared one ordinary experience that became the most spiritually profound of the entire trip. It was the moment he entered St. Peter’s Basilica. The church is…