{"id":4977,"date":"2015-07-03T12:25:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T17:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/?p=4977"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:47:55","slug":"hearts-on-fire-for-the-good-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/2015\/07\/03\/hearts-on-fire-for-the-good-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts on fire for the good of all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soon after I decided to ask to make my perpetual vows and was approved to do so, I became a bit obsessed with fire.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a dangerous obsession or anything, it\u2019s more that I am paying attention to all the ways that fire images and metaphors are incorporated into our culture and faith. I quickly became fascinated by what I was noticing and how often I heard popular song lyrics and ordinary conversation casually incorporate words like \u201cfire,\u201d \u201cburn,\u201d \u201cspark\u201d or \u201cenflame.\u201d<\/p>\n

It got me thinking about all the different ways we use the idea of fire \u2013 like in St. Francis of Assisi\u2019s Canticle of Creation, where he offers praises to God for \u201cBrother Fire,\u201d for being so bright and lively. I saw a print once that showed…<\/p>\n

[This is the beginning of my latest column for the online newspaper,\u00a0<\/em>Global Sisters Report.<\/a>\u00a0Continue reading\u00a0here<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\u201cHearts
\u201cHearts on Fire\u201d was painted by Peter Neel (my brother-in-law) especially for the occasion of my Perpetual Vows. Peter\u2019s art can be found online at www.saatchiart.com\/peterneel and www.zazzle.com\/peter_neel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soon after I decided to ask to make my perpetual vows and was approved to do so, I became a bit obsessed with fire. It\u2019s not a dangerous obsession or anything, it\u2019s more that I am paying attention to all the ways that fire images and metaphors are incorporated into our culture and faith. I...","protected":false},"author":4071079,"featured_media":5351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[115341],"tags":[20786359,156167,698755374,401,34756,248927,17713976,221895935,7816,3785,20938949,25731,536897],"series":[698756626],"class_list":["post-4977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equity-and-justice-equity-and-justice","tag-catholic-sisters","tag-commitment","tag-community","tag-faith","tag-fire","tag-franciscan-life","tag-franciscan-sisters-of-perpetual-adoration","tag-global-sisters-report","tag-god","tag-love","tag-perpetual-vows","tag-scripture","tag-vows","series-messy-jesus-business"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/julias-project-1-2-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/customwordpresssites.com\/mjb\/feed\/podcast\/messy-jesus-business","embedCode":"
Hearts on fire for the good of all<\/a><\/blockquote>