Erika Tate
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...
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Patty Breen
Here I am, I (sorta) come to do Your will
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...
Jessica Curbis
Just Breathe
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us of the importance of taking a step back when our patience is tested.
Jennifer Delvaux
Jesus Didn't
Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...
Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Spiritual Poverty Is Not Humiliation, and Other Things I’ve Learned from Living Paycheck to Paycheck
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,...
Kathleen O'Brien
On Motherhood: Neither Catholic nor Secular
The question of vocation has always been a looming question for Catholics. And I mean vocation with the capital “V”. In college, this was...
Rachel Conrad Carlson
Like a Butterfly, part 2
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...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
Giving Up Manna
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...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
When Your Nets Become Heavy
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...
Jessica Curbis
Introducing Wisdom's Voice
Introducing Wisdom's Voice, an initiative within Wisdom's Dwelling where women reflect on the weekday readings with the purpose of...
Sue Delvaux
Baptism, Business, and Servant Leadership
Today's Readings As Lectors head to Church this weekend, they will have to prepare for two different sets of readings. The Church offers...
Caroline Head
Save Us From Ourselves, O Lord
Today's Readings Our Advent longing and waiting enters the final week today. As Christmas Day is next Saturday, this year we get to...
Katie Davis-Crowder
By Your Pupils You'll Be Taught
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...
Bernadette K. Raspante
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...
Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Our So-called Military Life
Writing about Veterans’ Day as a military spouse is always a tricky endeavour. Do I go sentimental? Patriotic? As a scholar, writing...
Patty Breen
Bits and Pieces
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...
Micole Amalu
Thérèse, Josephine, Jane, and Me
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!...
Patty Breen
The Patron Saint of Sassy Women
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...
Caroline Head
Boundaries, please!
In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...
Ellen Romer Niemiec
Kicking to the Surface
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...
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