Transfiguraiton in an Over-Stimulated World
Today's Readings This Sunday is the second Sunday of Lent. We get to enjoy the bewildering story of the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount...
Today's Readings This Sunday is the second Sunday of Lent. We get to enjoy the bewildering story of the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount...
Today's Readings I don’t know about you friend, but I find waiting to be such a difficult task sometimes. And yet, waiting is one of the...
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us of the importance of taking a step back when our patience is tested.
Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...
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,...
The question of vocation has always been a looming question for Catholics. And I mean vocation with the capital “V”. In college, this was...
This is a continuation of yesterday's piece from Rachel. In my mom’s words to me about a year before her passing (as quoted in...
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...
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...
Introducing Wisdom's Voice, an initiative within Wisdom's Dwelling where women reflect on the weekday readings with the purpose of...
Today's Readings As Lectors head to Church this weekend, they will have to prepare for two different sets of readings. The Church offers...
Today's Readings Our Advent longing and waiting enters the final week today. As Christmas Day is next Saturday, this year we get to...
Today's Readings By the time these words are posted, it will have been just over two weeks since the death of Stephen Sondheim, the...
Today's Reflection “Don’t smile until Christmas!” This (terrible) piece of advice was given to me and countless other new teachers as we...
Writing about Veterans’ Day as a military spouse is always a tricky endeavour. Do I go sentimental? Patriotic? As a scholar, writing...
Today's Readings I am the type of personality that does not love the “messy middle” of situations. You know what I mean, that in-between...
The first time a therapist used the word trauma to describe my suffering I was stunned. I had just made peace with even going to therapy!...
A game I like to play with people sometimes is asking the following question: “If you could be the patron saint of anything, what would...
In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...
I had someone ask me not long ago why I decided to take medication for my mental health. I was already in therapy. Why did I suddenly...