Justice
Justice isn’t an abstract idea—it’s the everyday work of noticing who is being left out, who is being harmed, and where love is still needed. In the messy, ordinary spaces of our lives, we’re invited to pay attention, to listen deeply, and to respond with courage and compassion. This is where faith becomes action—imperfect, persistent, and rooted in the belief that things can be made more whole.
Ralph McCloud: Uplifting the Poor
Episode 60 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Jesus teaches us that differences aren’t deficits. Because a…
Phyllis Zagano: Faith, Strength, and a Changing Church
Episode 59 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “One needs to be looking for Christ in the…
Falling in Love
I spent my entire last year of college waiting to get into the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, your typical, post-graduate year of service program. I thought…
An Examination of Conscience: How Might We Take Capitalism Out of Being Catholic?
When I was 10 years old and preparing for the sacrament of reconciliation at the small Catholic parish in Minnesota where I was raised, I…
David Dault: Inclusion by Disruption
Episode 54 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Imagine if we ripped the roof off to make…
John the Baptist, Patron of Justice
As a teenager, I discovered Oscar Wilde’s “one-act play, Salome”, a retelling of the story of John the Baptist’s beheading by Herod Antipas. I was…
A Story of Our History: Trauma and Systemic Racism
Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration Meg Earsley, who celebrates the anniversary of her first vows on Aug. 7, is currently ministering in Bolivia and serving…
Truth-telling and Healing for Racial Reconciliation
Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa is well known for his work opposing apartheid and facilitating reconciliation and forgiveness after the fall of South Africa’s…