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.
Honoring all the souls
It felt like an ordinary Sunday Mass. I knelt and prayed next to people I love. I sang hymns loudly, straight out from my heart…
Again
I tense up slightly as I see my daughter toddling over to me holding the telltale green and blue box, replete with several cartoon dinosaurs…
Messy Christian music playlist
Every ordinary day, I am reminded that I am weak and desperately need God. When I forget the birthday of someone dear to me, when…
The Holy Mountain
Last summer my partner and I spent a month in Ireland. Below is a reflection I wrote after climbing Croagh Patrick, an ancient pilgrimage site…
From stone to flesh
Weeks before departing for my Holy Week Camino pilgrimage in April, I am out for one of my practice walks. Bundled into layers of winter…
How the Holy Spirit moves us outward, across enemy lines
The Holy Spirit is coming! The Holy Spirit!! Easter has ended. Jesus ascended. The power of Pentecost is nearly here. (We’ll celebrate this feast on…
For the good of the guild
In a few of the less-productive minutes of my day, I play an online Star Wars game on my phone. I have some beloved characters…
I Walked into Suffering on the Road to Santiago
“For as long as humans have walked, they have walked to get closer to their gods.” The words appear on top of a PBS website…