Encountering Jesus in the Desert
Today's Readings Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Living in the Midwest, I appreciate how the Lenten season corresponds with the end of...
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Today's Readings Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Living in the Midwest, I appreciate how the Lenten season corresponds with the end of...
...Who has spoken through the prophets... One of the things that I love most about the Christian tradition is that there have been many...
Today's Readings This week Jessica reflects on the Prophet Joel's words to "rend our hearts, not our garments".
During Holy Week 2021, I participated from a distance in my parish’s annual Stations of the Cross service. Afterwards, I found myself...
Today's Readings What is your favorite church? What type of beautiful sanctuary lifts your soul to the beauty of God? What physical space...
Today's Readings With one week left until Lent begins, Jessica reminds us to live in the ordinary moments.
Today's Readings If I’m honest, when I first read today’s collection of Scripture, I felt pretty overwhelmed. There are so many stark...
…who proceeds from the Father and the Son… Our powerful Holy Spirit moves throughout the world giving people the ability to pray, filling...
Today's Readings This week, Jessica invites us to consider how each of us has God's breath within us.
What does it mean to take a spiritual breath? To breathe in the Divine God, To whisper Their name into the noise of our lives? To make...
Today's Readings For a short Gospel reading, we have quite a few metaphors explaining who we are meant to be as disciples of Christ....
...I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life... In the beloved classic, the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy accidently travels to...
Today's Readings Jessica reflects on the need for intentional discipline in our relationship with God.
Ironically, it feels that it is almost always in my most ordinary moments, that I find the most extraordinary things. I want to take deep...
Today's Readings When was the last time you looked at something upside down? If I’m being honest, for me it was probably checking the...
…and his kingdom shall have no end… The kingdom of God is a central theme in Jesus’ preaching and teaching. He describes the kingdom in...
Today's Readings Jessica reflects on our invitation to be imperfect but faithful believers.
The past few years, I have really been exploring the concept of self-care in both spiritual direction and in therapy. Self-care does not...
Today's Readings “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone....
Today's Readings Jessica asks us to reflect on how much we are giving to Jesus.