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.
Becoming a new fruit and fertilizer
By guest blogger Amy Nee On Ash Wednesday in 2012 I heard: “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you…
God-centered mundane matters
God is the center of my life. Really, I mean it. God is my life. God consumes my life. Most of my time, thoughts, and…
lent: divorcing our bad habits
I’m going to flip a song over on its head. I want to offer a spiritualization of something that probably was supposed to be completely…
Refresh and restart
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3L3c23MfC0] It’s been nearly a week since we started all this. With ashes smeared upon our foreheads, we committed ourselves to new disciplines. Our motives are…
We are the Body
Guest blogger: Sarah Hennessey, FSPA Photo by Chandra Sherin: http://chandrasherin.wordpress.com/ “She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.” – Mark 5:29b…
Pentagon reflection: black hoods, white faces and the enemy within
by Guest Blogger Amy Nee Walker (with Witness Against Torture this week) I am in D.C. again, continuing the tradition of gathering each January with…
an Easter economy
It is time for a new economy. It is time for Christ to be our Cornerstone of all creation, even our economic exchange. It’s Easter,…
adventures in the Spirit, part 4
Living by the Spirit that is Truth is not comfortable. We can feel crammed into corners, we have to give up control, we have to…