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 Messiness of Franciscan Sisterhood
A Special Episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE We’re in between seasons on…
Worthy and unworthy
Again I am standing in a pew, among strangers and friends. I am facing an altar on which bread and wine were just transformed to…
Claiming why and causing dissatisfaction
For decades now, I have been riding this planet as she circles the sun. Decades now, I’ve desired to please. Please God. Friends. Housemates. Coworkers…
Easter Contemplation: Setting Us Free
A Special Episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE For this special time of…
Sister Christa Parra: Accompanying At the Border
Episode 62 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Whoever is in front of us we are called…
A stone in place of bread
The summer I was 19, I dropped out of college and moved to an organic wheat farm in Kansas to help start a radical conservative…
Death in Spring: Two Holy Week Meditations
As we enter into Triduum and the celebration of Easter, Messy Jesus Business invites you to experience this reflection from Sister Julia Walsh, first published…
Father Justin Claravall: Being Real Inside the Mess
Episode 61 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “Every time I’ve been raw and vulnerable before God,…
