Prayer
Prayer is the heartbeat of the messy, faithful life. Whether you come to it with confidence or doubt, with eloquence or silence, with a rosary in your hands or nowhere near a church — these posts are an invitation to show up anyway. From ancient practices to honest lament, from the Examen to poetry to prayers stitched together from the wreckage of an ordinary day, Messy Jesus Business writers explore what it means to speak, listen, and sit with God in the midst of a complicated world.
The heartbeat of Christmas
There is an ancient story that is our common heartbeat. It speaks to us, deeply, quietly and simply; its whispers are heard in the rhythms…
Advent Readiness and Mutual Hospitality
Our home has a Christ room. The room is simple, outfitted with an enormous depiction of Rembrandt’s “Return of the Prodigal Son,” and remains intentionally…
Advent In a Time of Unbelief
We missed the first Sunday of Advent. While we’ve missed nearly every Sunday mass for the last two years, this one felt particularly discouraging. Maybe…
Carmen Acevedo Butcher: Healed by Translation
Episode 53 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus…
Embracing the Dead
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…
Discipleship and Decay: Why I Resist Greatness
In this part of the world (here in the Upper Midwest, in the United States of America), it’s the season of decay. Decay is colorful,…
Little Winter Flower
Soon after I turned 24 last winter, I went on a weekend hermitage. I stayed in a solitary cabin in rural Illinois, remote and full…
Vita ex Morte
Loss. It’s a strange word. It implies that you once had a thing and now, not only is it gone, but you can no longer…