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.

Christian Family Life | Prayer and Spirituality

Embracing the Dead

November 2, 2022

After my father died in 2020, I began to have dreams about him returning from the dead. Sometimes we found a way to revive him…

Christian Family Life | Simple Living

Simple Thoughts on Small Things

August 23, 2022

Moments like this kindle sparks of life in me: pausing meal prep to watch birds gathering on the feeder I hung outside the kitchen window;…

Christian Family Life | Prayer and Spirituality

Parish Communities: Reflections of Heaven on Earth

August 18, 2022

Heaven is uncomfortable for me to think about. Sometimes talk about heaven juxtaposes Earth as an evil, tainted place and our bodies as temptations to…

Christian Family Life | Prayer and Spirituality

The Ministry of Presence is a Radical Path

March 17, 2022

Somehow in my years of formation as a young adult Catholic preparing to “change the world,” I missed the part about the power of presence…

Christian Family Life | Podcast | Prayer and Spirituality

Gary Jansen: The Super Spiritual and the Supernatural

February 10, 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…