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Confessions of Former "Live for the Next Spiritual High" Type Christian
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...

Patty Breen
Mar 13, 20223 min read


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

Jessica Curbis
Feb 27, 20222 min read


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

Caroline Head
Feb 20, 20222 min read


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

Rakhi McCormick
Feb 13, 20222 min read


The Time I Lied about a Marian Apparition
I caught your attention, didn’t I? ;) To start, I was quite the imaginative child growing up. I wrote very detailed short stories that...

Patty Breen
Feb 11, 20222 min read


Mary's Faith in God
If someone were to ask me who I most looked up to throughout Scripture, although very difficult to answer as I look up to a lot of them,...

Jessica Grima Jewett
Dec 31, 20213 min read


Remember Your Roots
A blog for women seems an unlikely place to find a reflection for St. Andrew. One of the fishermen called by Jesus to be fishers of men...

Caroline Head
Nov 30, 20214 min read


An Advent of Justice & Love
Today’s Readings One of my favorite parts of Advent is the time we spend hearing from the prophets, especially Jeremiah and Isaiah....

Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 28, 20212 min read


Cultivating Tenderness
Today's Reflection “Don’t smile until Christmas!” This (terrible) piece of advice was given to me and countless other new teachers as we...

Bernadette K. Raspante
Nov 14, 20213 min read


Why Are We Here?
Last week I took a vacation from work. I spent it immersed in reviewing years of study and sequestered in a lovely room in my school’s...

Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 6, 20216 min read


Persistence
Today's Readings Last week, I procrastinated on a project that, should I have spread out over the course of a month, would have been a...

Bernadette K. Raspante
Oct 24, 20212 min read


Wisdom and Faith
Today's Readings Today’s first reading begins with a wish familiar to many of us: pray to receive cautious guidance, plead and receive...

Caroline Head
Oct 10, 20212 min read


Make Way for Something New
I measure the seasons by my notebook of grocery lists. Cold salads, watermelon gazpacho, grilled vegetables and meats have been...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 22, 20213 min read


A Woman for All Women
The older I get, the more I appreciate the rich heritage of female examples that I come from. My great-great grandmothers who emigrated...

Patty Breen
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Enough
Today's Readings Today is my 6th wedding anniversary. We’re still early in our marriage and God willing we have years to go. Two kids,...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jul 25, 20213 min read


An Invitation to Do Nothing
Today’s Readings In today’s society, there is a new-found interest and emphasis on “self-care.” Ultimately, this idea of “self-care”...

Kathleen O'Brien
Jul 18, 20212 min read


The Sense of Unimportant Days
Today’s Readings The doldrums of summer stretch out before us, lulling us into a sense of unimportant days blurring together in the...

Caroline Head
Jul 11, 20212 min read


Transformative Joy
Today’s Readings In those halcyon days pre-Covid, my office did the gifts inventory process to help us learn about one another and...

Jennifer Delvaux
May 23, 20213 min read


To Be Seen
Today’s Readings One day a week, I get to see each of my students in person. One day in person (masked and distanced) and one day online....

Bernadette K. Raspante
May 16, 20213 min read


Diapers
Today's Readings Every week, I visit assisted living facilities to provide mental health therapy for the seniors there. The other day I...

Rose Miola
May 2, 20212 min read
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