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...And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord...
"I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ" This line of the Creed packs a lot of titles for Jesus in a few short words. Indeed, these titles...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Oct 6, 20222 min read


Thank You for Being a Friend
Today's Readings This week, Jessica reflects on the importance of friendship, especially those friends who can lovingly tell us when we...

Jessica Curbis
Oct 5, 20221 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


God as Maker: Creative Thinker, Creative Energy, Creative Power
"...maker of heaven and earth, of all thing visible and invisible..." “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are...

Rachel Conrad Carlson
Sep 29, 20223 min read


Why do we suffer?
Today's Readings Jessica reflects suffering in light of the Book of Job.

Jessica Curbis
Sep 28, 20221 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


The Father, Almighty
In the Nicene Creed, we first profess faith in the first “person” of our Trinitarian God, God the Father, Almighty. According to the...

Jessica Curbis
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Though Many, One
Today's Readings Jessica discusses our call to uniting the Body of Christ.

Jessica Curbis
Sep 21, 20221 min read


What Does Deuteronomy say about Creation?
Land, law, and love - these are the three main themes in the Book of Deuteronomy - getting to the land, the law to stay in the land, and...

Jessica Curbis
Sep 19, 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


A Fiery Woman: St. Hildegard
Towards the end of my graduate program, I had a requirement to fill and I chose to fill it with a course on Women and Christian...

Jessica Curbis
Sep 17, 20222 min read


One Not Many
One of my favorite sayings is “words matter.” The words we say - to other people, ourselves, and yes, even God - they really do matter....

Patty Breen
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Just Breathe
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us of the importance of taking a step back when our patience is tested.

Jessica Curbis
Sep 14, 20221 min read


Kinship with the Earth
A few months ago, as Chicago’s short-lived spring began to give way to the sunshiny freedom of summertime, I had the opportunity to write...

Katie Davis-Crowder
Sep 12, 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


Happy Birthday to The Girl Who Changed the Entire World
Today's Readings When I was younger, my older brother served in the Coast Guard for close to ten years. One year when he was working on...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Sep 8, 20222 min read


Staying in the Present
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us to stay in the present as we answer our call from God.

Jessica Curbis
Sep 7, 20221 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


Patience is a Virtue
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us the importance of being patient with ourselves as we walk with God.

Jessica Curbis
Aug 31, 20221 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
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