{"id":22878,"date":"2024-11-17T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T02:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?page_id=22878"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:48:45","slug":"writing-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/about-sister-julia\/writing-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spiritual writing for messy humans.<br><br><em>Thank you for being interested in my work!<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}.kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e .kt-sc-textcol{padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"aligncenter kt-sc22878_0eb895-6e wp-block-kadence-splitcontent\"><div class=\"kt-split-content-wrap kt-sc-media-side-left\" style=\"grid-template-columns:50% auto\"><div class=\"kt-sc-imgcol kt-sc-imgcol-bg-auto kt-sc-img-side-left\"><figure class=\"kt-split-content-media-image wp-image-container-22882\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagezQRIfV.jpg\" alt=\"woman with tinted glasses and blond hair and cross necklace smiling\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"kt-split-content-img wp-image-22882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagezQRIfV.jpg 800w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagezQRIfV-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagezQRIfV-683x1024.jpg 683w, 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mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading22878_6cca83-f2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading22878_6cca83-f2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading22878_6cca83-f2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading22878_6cca83-f2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading22878_6cca83-f2\">Hi, I&#8217;m Sister Julia. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I write creative nonfiction, poetry, and prayers for spiritual seekers.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My work centers around the themes of community, transformation, creativity, social justice, and Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2010, I have been publishing blogs, articles, poems, editorial columns, book reviews, and prayers online and in print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve taught classes, guided retreats, facilitated workshops, and spoken at conferences, in Church basements, community centers, and cozy living rooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also spoken to international audiences, such as at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iccs.sg\/programme-and-speakers\/sessions\/breakout-identity-3\/\"> International Conference of Cohesive Societies<\/a> (Singapore, 2022) and the Parliament of the World&#8217;s Religions (Chicago, 2023).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026-933x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23748\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026-933x1024.png 933w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026-137x150.png 137w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026-768x843.png 768w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/book-cover-2026.png 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has--font-size\">Pre-order Sister Julia&#8217;s latest <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister Julia&#8217;s newest book, <em>2026: A Book of Grace-Filled Days<\/em>, is now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daily devotional notes major feast days, saint commemorations, and holidays. Each page combines readings from the Scripture of the day with reflections to offer a few minutes of solace for quiet prayer and meditation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.loyolapress.com\/2026-a-book-of-grace-filled-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">order the book now<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-22878_16fd60-de .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-22878_16fd60-de .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-22878_16fd60-de\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkfishpublishing.com\/products-page-2\/christianity\/for-love-of-the-broken-body\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-cover-image-corrected.jpg\" alt=\"book cover of For Love of the Broken Body by Julia Walsh with a background watercolor image of Sister Julia's face\" class=\"wp-image-21874\" style=\"width:508px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-cover-image-corrected.jpg 663w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-cover-image-corrected-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-cover-image-corrected-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual Memoir by Julia Walsh book cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sister Julia&#8217;s Memoir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Julia Walsh gives me hope for a future with religious women changing the world. She tells a story all her own, but I felt her doubts, questions, and passion each step of the way. Highly recommended.&#8221; <strong>&#8211;Sister Helen Prejean, <\/strong>author of&nbsp;<em>Dead Man Walking&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;River of Fire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>For Love of the Broken Body<\/em>&nbsp;is a beautiful, searching, searing book.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211;<strong>-Liam Callanan, <\/strong>novelist, author of&nbsp;<em>Paris by the Book<\/em>, winner of the Edna Ferber Prize<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;A searing, riveting, surprising, challenging and ultimately inspiring work that asks some of the hardest questions a human being might face.&#8221;&nbsp; <strong>&#8211;James Martin, SJ, <\/strong>New York Times Best-selling author of&nbsp;<em>Jesus: A Pilgrimage&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I laughed out loud, gasped, felt seen, and learned so much in this exquisitely written memoir. It is full of universal truths, questions, and doubts.&#8221; &#8212;<strong>Marlena Graves, <\/strong>professor of spiritual formation, Northeastern Seminary; author of&nbsp;<em>The Way Up Is Down<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;This bold, stereotype-busting book is bursting with wisdom. It helps us turn toward our weaknesses, self-doubt, and anxiety and walk through these, with Love, into self-acceptance, self-kindness, and concrete love for others. Bravely coloring outside the usual religious lines by sharing her story frankly, Julia brings us into the brightest hope. Highly recommended!&#8221; <strong>&#8211;Carmen Acevedo Butcher,<\/strong> poet and translator of Brother Lawrence&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Practice of the Presence&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>The Cloud of Unknowing&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/for-love-of-the-broken-body-a-spiritual-memoir\/20163195?ean=9781958972274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">buy the book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/culture\/book-reviews\/modern-young-religious-life-demystified-love-broken-body\">Book review in National Catholic Reporter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9781958972274\">Book review in Publishers Weekly<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/book-reviews\/julia-walsh\/for-love-of-the-broken-body\/\">Book Review in Kirkus Reviews<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/182107775-for-love-of-the-broken-body?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=NyYpde2oCq&amp;rank=1\">Read reviews on GoodReads<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spiritualityandpractice.com\/book-reviews\/view\/29487\/for-love-of-the-broken-body?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1kscOcFLu_kwKIH6RNHYp86OlFffzwV2yXKQ3fgiyDecTL51vJTGmdqNQ_aem_AdMuA4BVF6__kRNdrCKkqjXUfi8ZkNQOSwM74Uc6-apSv6YMOFrojB5Mr5EfDOyYpXDCur46lE6U5hpLCORkyh9t\">Book Review in Spirituality &amp; Practice<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has--font-size\"><em>Sister Julia&#8217;s work is also included in the following books:<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div 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data-url=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImage0TWB9U.jpg\" data-width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImage0TWB9U.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:53.24623%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1280\" data-id=\"22925\" data-link=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?attachment_id=22925\" data-url=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagetnRvhh-733x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImagetnRvhh-733x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:46.75377%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1146\" data-id=\"22926\" data-link=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?attachment_id=22926\" data-url=\"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageEVPJVy-643x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/messyjesusbusiness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageEVPJVy-643x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Selected Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayers, Reflections, and Devotionals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingfaith.com\/daily-devotion\/2024-11-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Meaning of Life<\/a> (Living Faith Catholic Devotional, November 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franciscanmedia.org\/pausepray\/meeting-god-in-the-messiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meeting God in the Messiness<\/a> (Franciscan Media, July 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franciscanmedia.org\/st-anthony-messenger\/june-july-2021\/lessons-from-the-lords-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lessons from the Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/a>&nbsp;<em>(St. Anthony Messenger,&nbsp;<\/em> June 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imagejournal.org\/2018\/12\/24\/how-do-words-become-flesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Do Words Become Flesh?<\/a> (Image Journal blog, December 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">America Magazine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2024\/08\/30\/shifting-eyesight-shifting-relationship-light-248682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I was diagnosed with a progressive eye disorder. It\u2019s changed my understanding of the \u2018God of Light.\u2019<\/a> (August 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2020\/04\/17\/when-perpetual-adoration-takes-new-meaning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When perpetual adoration takes on a new meaning<\/a> (April 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2018\/06\/12\/what-we-have-learned-10-years-after-postville-largest-immigration-raid-us-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What we have learned 10 years after Postville, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history<\/a> (June 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2013\/12\/23\/changed-not-ended-view-religious-life-young-sister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Changed, Not Ended: A view of religious life from a young sister<\/a> (December 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Sisters Report \/ National Catholic Reporter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsistersreport.org\/spirituality\/spiritual-practices-fatigued-and-lonely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spiritual practices for the fatigued and lonely<\/a> (January 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/opinion\/young-voices\/call-creative-communion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call for Creative Communion<\/a> (April 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/blogs\/young-voices\/trains-heaven-embracing-mystery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trains in Heaven: Embracing the Mystery<\/a> (January 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsistersreport.org\/column\/horizons\/spirituality\/redefining-faith-el-camino-46486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redefining faith on El Camino <\/a>(May 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other magazines and newspapers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.faith\/2024\/04\/transgender-catholics-call-the-church-to-listen-says-this-franciscan-sister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transgender Catholics call the Church to listen says this Franciscan Sister<\/a> (<em>Outreach<\/em>, April 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.focolaremedia.com\/magazine\/content\/complicated-patriotism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Complicated Patriotism<\/a> (<em>Living City<\/em>, June 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/opinion\/columnists\/julia-walsh-educating-ourselves-and-our-children-about-critical-race-theory\/article_5bb1c687-b98b-5149-8c7f-18ca9a639f94.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Educating ourselves and our children about critical race theory<\/a> (<em>La Crosse Tribune,<\/em>&nbsp;October 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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