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Jesus' Crowded Table + the Pharisee in Me
Today's Readings It’s no secret that Jesus was a friend of the outcast. His life was about radical commitment to people most in need--the...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Oct 23, 20223 min read


Everything Comes from Above
Today's Readings Today of all days is my absolute favorite day of the entire year because it was on this day 31 years ago that my baby...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Oct 16, 20222 min read


The Importance of Saying, "Thank You"
Today's Readings I remember as a child, there were certain things my parents taught my siblings and I from a young age. The importance of...

Patty Breen
Oct 9, 20222 min read


Faith that Can Move Mountains
Today's Readings If I just had more faith…. I think most of us have struggled with that at some point in our life. If I just had more...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Oct 2, 20222 min read


The Laces of Grace
Today’s Readings Perhaps one of the greatest identifiers of a human being is our free will. We have the ability to choose and it is what...

Jennifer Delvaux
Sep 25, 20222 min read


Honesty for the Poor
Today's Readings Throughout high school and college, my friends and I often repeated movie quotes to each other. As I read through...

Caroline Head
Sep 18, 20223 min read


In Remembrance, Overwhelming Grace
Today's Readings I was interested in writing this piece because of this Sunday’s date, September 11, 2022. Twenty-one years after the...

Sue Delvaux
Sep 11, 20222 min read


Jesus Didn't
Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...

Jennifer Delvaux
Sep 4, 20223 min read


Spiritual Poverty Is Not Humiliation, and Other Things I’ve Learned from Living Paycheck to Paycheck
This week, a Very Big Thing happened in the Cheshire household. My husband and I went on a date. As we walked into our local pizza place,...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Aug 28, 20224 min read


Cutting Threads in a World of Gray
Today’s Readings The readings today are a mixed bag. At some points the words offer comfort and hope. At others the warn of wailing and...

Jennifer Delvaux
Aug 21, 20222 min read


Too Much
Today's Readings Like most little kids, when I was small, I often parrotted back words and phrases that the adults in my world used...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Aug 14, 20223 min read


Be Ready
Today's Readings We may be in the dog days of summer, but my mind is already on Advent when pursuing today’s readings. When I taught...

Caroline Head
Aug 7, 20222 min read


Time to Stop
Today's Readings This striking scripture passage is often very fitting for those who live in a rich country like the United States. By...

Kathleen O'Brien
Jul 31, 20221 min read


Never Cease Praying
Today's Readings On this 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, I love Luke’s Gospel. Jesus is not only teaching His disciples but all of us how...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Jul 24, 20222 min read


I am not Martha or Mary
I have never been a big fan of the Martha and Mary story. There is certainly a reactionary bit on my part. There are enough places and...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jul 17, 20223 min read


Our Choice
Today's Readings “It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.”...

Jennifer Delvaux
Jul 10, 20223 min read


Planning the Harvest
Today's Readings This might be a weekend you are turning on an out of office message and enjoying some well-deserved time to relax. Many...

Caroline Head
Jul 3, 20222 min read


The Gift of True Freedom
Today's Readings The second reading this week from Galatians centers around the concept of freedom, an idea at the core of American...

Rachel Conrad Carlson
Jun 26, 20223 min read


Not Counted
Today's Readings On this occasion of Father’s Day, we are blessed to be hearing what I feel is one of the truly great miracles of...

Sue Delvaux
Jun 19, 20222 min read


We Can Hold Both
Today's Readings As a woman in my mid-thirties, I am surrounded by friendships with women who are at all different places when it comes...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jun 12, 20223 min read
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