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Today's Readings The Prophet Isaiah reminds us that God is always with us. Jessica reflects on this and considers how we should be as...

Today's Readings I wonder what manna tastes like. Did it start off as deeply satisfying, as if nothing could ever taste as good? How...

I don’t know how I began choosing a word of the year several years ago. Most likely it was in the golden age of blogging and I stumbled...

Today's Readings In this third week of Lent, Jessica challenges us to reflect on what is keeping us from God so that we can spend more...

Today's Readings I have vivid memories of hearing the story of Moses and the burning bush as a child. I always pictured this green bush...

Today's Readings In this second week of Lent, Jessica reflects on the power of our words and reminds us to strive for kindness.

Today's Readings When I was a youth minister, one of my favorite things was to take and lead teens on meaningful retreat experiences. We...

Today's Readings This week, Jessica reflects on our three tasks of Lent in light of the first reading from the Book of Jonah and the...

In the decade since I became Catholic and took Saint Perpetua as my patroness and Confirmation name, I have celebrated this feast day...

Today's Readings I can still picture them in the front row of the second-floor theater - the simple blackbox space of the local community...

Today's Readings As we begin the season of Lent, Jessica reflects on the inexhaustibility of God.

Today's Readings Jesus often strikes me as someone with a flair for the dramatics. I always enjoy the way Jesus uses extravagant...

This morning I sat on my sofa and looked around. My apartment is small, but with books, trinkets from where I've traveled, family...

Today's Reading Treat others the way you want to be treated. These words, a common refrain from parents and teachers of young children,...

Today's Readings Jessica reflections on the importance of deeply listening when engaging in any conversation. She finds the words of...

When I was in middle school, Valentine’s Day was a non-threatening, classroom-party day. Every student gave a Valentine card to everyone...

Today's Readings This week, we encounter Luke’s shorter version of the Beatitudes. Here, we find ourselves “hashtag blessed,” though, not...

I caught your attention, didn’t I? ;) To start, I was quite the imaginative child growing up. I wrote very detailed short stories that...

Today's Readings This week, reflecting on the Queen of Sheba's visit with Solomon, Jessica invites us to find new ways to be breathless...

Today's Readings In January 2019, my husband and I knew we were ready for a change. We wanted another child and we were ready for new...