Adjusting Expectations
As someone 2,000+ years removed from Christ’s death and resurrection, I can find it easy to chuckle at the apostles’ lack of...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Love Forever Being Born
In November of 2022, I found myself silently weeping in the lobby of the University of Chicago Hospital, having just concluded my 38th...
Patty Breen
Changed, Not Ended
When my Dad died almost three years ago in January 2021, there were many moments of comfort: the meals people made for my mom as she...
Elizabeth Kos
Broken
There's a sign that hangs in my kitchen that says, “If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart.” I love this sign because on...
Patty Breen
Faithfulness not Success
As a little girl, I was a bit of an odd child. I had a slight fascination with Mother Teresa. One of my earliest memories of playing at...
Katie Davis-Crowder
“Yes, and…”: Beautiful and Terrible Things
Today's Readings Today’s readings remind me of the popular improv game called “Yes, and.” I played the “Yes, and” game semi-regularly in...
Katie Davis-Crowder
In the Beginning was the Conversation
Today's Readings As a high school theology teacher, I often find myself in the midst of unexpected conversations. I will have my plans...
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...
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...
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