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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


Met
Today’s Readings Whenever I read this passage in Luke for today’s Gospel, I am always surprised that the two disciples still didn’t...

Kathleen O'Brien
Apr 18, 20212 min read


Met
Today’s Readings Whenever I read this passage in Luke for today’s Gospel, I am always surprised that the two disciples still didn’t...

Kathleen O'Brien
Apr 18, 20212 min read


Jesus is Compassionate...Again
Today's Readings Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples said to him, “We...

Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Apr 11, 20213 min read


Words of Wisdom - What Christ's Suffering Teaches Us About Our Own
The "Words of Wisdom" series offers ten minute prayer experiences each Tuesday during the season of Lent. Each prayer includes a short...

Rachelle Kramer
Mar 23, 20211 min read


Healing Hurts
2020 began for me with what I believed to be a clogged duct from breastfeeding. A painful occurrence to be sure, and that eventually...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Learning Not to Look for Answers
Today's Readings Today’s Gospel reading contains a familiar and one of the most quoted verses, “For God so loved the world that he gave...

Pearl Gonzales
Mar 14, 20212 min read


Words of Wisdom - Persevering in Spiritual Desolation
We invite you to find a comfortable place, relax, maybe grab a journal and enter into prayer.

Rachelle Kramer
Mar 9, 20211 min read


What’s in the water you’re drinking?
In the gospel reading I’m reminded Jesus is the brazen rabble-rouser that I always forget about. “At that moment his disciples returned,...

Rose Miola
Mar 7, 20213 min read


Out of the Drudgery
Today’s Readings Today’s readings seem rough at first. They speak of drudgery, work, stewardship, early mornings, and vast crowds. The...

Jennifer Delvaux
Feb 7, 20212 min read


The Complexity of Identity
Who am I? Where do I belong? These are questions that have plagued me from a young age. Growing up Indian and Hindu in a small Iowa town,...

Rakhi McCormick
Jan 20, 20214 min read


Making Space
Today's Readings We have hit the post-Christmas lull. For many, it means dry January and new year resolutions and goals. Ordinary time...

Ellen Romer Niemiec
Jan 17, 20212 min read


Politics and Faith
In the aftermath of January 6 and in anticipation of potential additional protests, riots, and mobs we see calls for bipartisanship and...

Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 14, 20212 min read


Baptism of the Lord
Today’s Readings In the readings today we find a tripartite stratum that gives us a deeper sense of the meaning of our baptismal call. To...

Kathleen O'Brien
Jan 10, 20212 min read


In a Shipwreck
As I watched the events unfold yesterday afternoon and evening, it was tempting to say how surprising they were, how shocking, how...

Jennifer Delvaux
Jan 7, 20213 min read


2020 as the Year of Many “Firsts”
I asked my sister, “Hey how will you remember 2020?” Her reply, “No words.” I brushed her answer off and naturally saw it as sarcasm. But...

Kathleen O'Brien
Dec 31, 20202 min read


Brokenness, Imagination & Peace
Today's Readings Today marks the beginning of the fourth week of Advent, just a few days more ‘til Christmas! On the Advent wreath, we...

Rachel Conrad Carlson
Dec 20, 20203 min read


O Leader of the House of Israel
O Leader of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power! God alone is our Savior....

Jennifer Delvaux
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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