Family
Family life is holy ground — and it is also exhausting, complicated, and full of surprises. These posts explore what it looks like to live out faith in the middle of it all: in the car with kids asleep in the back seat, in the rhythms of Advent and Christmas, in the grief of loss and the practice of presence, in the invisible labor of love that rarely gets named. Whether you’re a parent, a partner, a sibling, a caregiver, or just someone trying to figure out what it means to belong to one another — there is something here for you.
Motherhood and Not-So-Simple Simplicity
By guest blogger Nicole Steele Wooldridge I always used to find it challenging to live out the value of simplicity in a contemporary Western context. …
Over-Blessed
By guest blogger Elizabeth Diedrich It is 7 p.m. and there are two things on my mind: I am hungry and I need to use…
On the corner of 12th Ave. and Jefferson
True story shared by guest blogger Liz Diedrich I was happy to see William pull up next to me on his bike. Last I heard…
Who is your family?
Guest blogger: Sister Sarah Hennessey Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. We remember Jesus did not zoom into human existence in a…
the time of children
Guest Blogger: Sarah Hennessey When Herod realized he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in…
sing, blessed women
I have memories of my grandma embarrassing me in church when I was a little girl. She would sing really loud and off-key. I couldn’t…
interdependence
Guest blogger: Amy Nee Last week I was invited to speak as a panelist at the National Religious Vocations Conference in Franklin, Ill., and offered…
a children’s story
We rise with sleep in our eyes. We dance on the broken ground. We run to town to tell the news. In the grave? Not…