It Is Too Little: When God Invites Us Into More
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What does God want from you? Service? Obedience? Or, is it something more, something more relational, more intimate?
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Waiting in Joyful Hope
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We can be filled with hope and wonder at Advent again because the Christ, God-with-us. Is. Still. With. Us. And has never left us. We long for this presence, and maybe that longing is the root of all our longings, and each year as Advent brings us to Christmas, we can remember that God does bring fulfillment to our longing.
Read MoreChrist the King in an Age of No Kings
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I wonder if this feast of Christ the King is as much about Christ’s leadership as it is about our call to serve. As Christ’s disciples, we use our gifts in the service of mission and, like Christ, we use any power we have to serve people.
Read MoreAll Bad Things Come to an End
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God is with us however we are — when we feel like quitting or when we persevere, when we feel happy or just way less sad. If the world is ending, God is in that, and if it’s not but it just feels pretty desolate, God’s with us in that too. However we find ourselves these days, I hope we can turn toward God in love and trust.
Read MoreWe Are God's Temple
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We are the living, breathing temples of the Holy One, and so we advocate on behalf of the Holy One for the vulnerable and oppressed people around us. We will flip all the tables until everyone has a place at the table.
Read MoreThe Souls of the Just Are in the Hand of God
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For this week’s reflection, we’re trying something new! Rather than a homily or sermon-type of reflection, Sr. Leslie Keener and Sr. Alice Gerdeman will have a faith-sharing conversation about the First Reading for All Souls Day, which is from the Book of Wisdom. We hope that, as we share, the Holy Spirit speaks to you too!
Read MoreStanding Together – and Resting in God
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The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that, we’ll find belonging wherever we are.
Read MoreBe Trustworthy and Prudent, Virtuous and Shrewd
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There’s probably never been a time when there weren’t deceitful people, but our present age feels particularly corrupt. As we acknowledge this and negotiate it as best we can, we can be single-hearted in following God and loving other people. Thanks be to God for prudence and guidance and for the gift of each other for support and care.
Read MoreWhy Do We Exult in the Cross?
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As we commemorate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we might wonder why we celebrate the cross, a symbol of suffering and death. I don’t know about you, but when I’m in the midst of my own pain, my first reaction is not to praise it. Why would I rejoice in it? Let’s see what the Spirit has to say to us about the crosses in our lives . . .
Read MoreWhat's Your Plan, Disciple?
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It seems like Jesus is asking us to make a strategy around our discipleship, planning like we would do if we were doing a building project. But how do you plan in the spiritual life, especially as a finite human in the face of the omniscient mystery of God?
Read MoreTransformation Inside and Out, Summer Reflection
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Jesus is calling us to alignment between our attitudes and our actions, an authentic living out of our faith. He's interested in transforming the whole of us, and if we’re open, we allow that transformation to happen, just as it happened to him.
Read MoreGod's Big Wasteful Love, Summer Reflection
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What if we stopped worrying about worthiness? God, with great pleasure, wastes God’s big, crazy love on us, like a giant waterfall. What if we were to simply receive God’s abundant love and mercy?
Read MoreBe Opened, Summer Reflection
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This week we encounter Jesus as he heals a deaf person with the words, “Be opened.” His invitation to openness shows that the problem isn’t an illness that can be cured but a closedness that can opened. How open are you when it comes to speaking your truth? When it comes to listening to others? How open is your heart?
Read MoreSurviving the Time of Great Distress, Summer Reflection
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God cared for the first Christians in their time of distress, and God is caring for us too. We, too, will navigate through it, and as we’re dealing with it all, why not give ourselves over to the comfort of God’s care?
Read MoreAll Things Are Possible with God, Summer Reflection
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All things are possible with God, and people can change if we want to. If we’re open, we can grow into the people God calls us to be. It’s not something we can do on our own, but with God’s help, all things are possible.
Read MoreGod's Why, Summer Reflection
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There’s a lot going on in this Gospel, and the quick pace makes it seem like Jesus’s life is an action-packed adventure with lots of people who need help. Are these encounters just part of a busy day in the life of Jesus, or do they have much to tell us about the healing ministry of Jesus – for those in the story and for us too.
Read MoreDifferent Gifts, Same Spirit, Summer Reflection
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“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” We tend to use this reading from First Corinthians to affirm community and unity in diversity, and that it does. However, when we think about real life in communities and families, how does a diversity of gifts manifest? Do we really affirm the gifts in each person? And do we appreciate our own gifts?
Read MoreI Have Finished the Race
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In our Second Reading, Paul reflects back over his life, noting with satisfaction that he has finished the race faithfully. When you look back over your life, what do you notice? We’ll take some time in our reflection this week to look at our lives with God and see how our journey is going.
Read MoreWhat Kind of Bread Are You Eating?
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The Feast of Corpus Christi may be a good time to reflect on what we are consuming. Is what we’re eating the lift-giving bread of faith and hope? Are we feasting on contemplation, fruitful prayer, and honest self-examination? Are we eating the bread of the life of the world that puts us in touch with reality and people’s needs?
Read MoreCome with Me
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As we play, rest, work hard, suffer, and hope, God is present, caring for us with deep tenderness. God comes with us, and we accompany each other too. Like the Trinity, we are one, and we live this life together.
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