From Complaining to Contemplation: Finding Living Water When Faith Feels Dry
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What if our thirst, our questions, and even our frustration are invitations to deeper faith? What if hope is still possible — even now?
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Afraid of Choosing Wrong? God Walks with You Through Every Decision
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God calls us to choose wisely, and we can trust that God will help us to decide and will love us through whatever we choose.
Read MoreThere's Plenty of Room on the Lampstand
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Christ calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world — words meant to affirm our goodness and invite us to shine. But what if shining doesn’t come easily, or doesn’t feel safe for everyone? In this episode, we reflect on salt and light as a shared, communal There’s plenty of room on the lampstand for all of us.
Read MoreUnited in Heart, Not Always in Mind
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In a time when division feels louder than ever, this reflection asks whether unity is really about thinking alike — or about choosing love, listening, and shared purpose. Drawing from Scripture, community life, and the realities of our political moment, we'll reflect together on what it means to belong to Christ — and to each other. A thoughtful conversation about disagreement, courage, and the hard, holy work of belonging to one another
Read MoreIt 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?
Read MoreWaiting 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 MoreWho Are You Before God?
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God wants us as we are. No bravado, no discarding our own worth. God receives us – all that we are, our past, our present, our brokenness and giftedness — the whole of each of us. God loves us however we show up. And God always shows up for us.
Read MoreStir into Flame
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Even if we aren’t feeling it and we sort of quiet quit our spiritual lives for a minute, God never quits on us. The Holy Spirit will fuel and fan our fires and stir up our spiritual lives. So, Beloved, stir into flame the gift of God that you have, or just be patient. God will stir it up soon enough.
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?
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