Franciscan Life
Franciscan life is a love story — with God, with the poor, with the earth, with the stranger. Rooted in the spirit of Francis and Clare of Assisi, these posts explore what it means to embrace simplicity, kinship, and courageous countercultural choices in a world that constantly pushes the other direction. From returning land to Indigenous communities to the spirituality of dumpster diving to what the feast of St. Francis has to teach us today, this is a space for anyone drawn to the Franciscan way — whether you’ve taken vows or are just beginning to feel its pull.
Kaitlin Curtice: story and cyclical spirituality
Episode 99 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
The waiting soul gives: hope-filled resistance to tyranny
Note from the editor: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Messy Jesus Business podcast and blog schedule have been switched around this month. Check back the…
Detachment and a relational economy
Our relationship with the stuff of our lives can be complicated. Look around the space where you are sitting. Whether it is an office or…
timone davis: peace and paradox
Episode 98 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
The holy urgency of hospitality
Recently I spent several weeks out of town, as a guest in the home of some of my friends. A family member had a major…
Vincent Noth: food and kinship
Episode 97 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with…
FSPA returns land to local tribe in act of reparation
In an historic first, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration returned land in Wisconsin to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians…
Lest we feast unto our own judgment
I sometimes joke that I want to start a cooking blog where, instead of telling the same formulaic stories about “my grandmother used to make…