Each week we offer a spiritual reflection that relates Scripture and faith to our everyday lives.
Each time the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord comes around, we hear this invitation to see ourselves mirrored in Christ, in all of Christ’s belovedness. Each time we have an opportunity to trust a little more deeply, not in ourselves, but in God’s profound and grace-filled love for us.
Read MoreLike the Magi, we have each other as travel companions. Community at its best stands together beneath the night sky, gazing at signs from God, and following where they lead. Together let’s discern the way we should go.
Read MoreNone of our families is perfect, and each of them is holy. Our broken and imperfect families, our grieving families, our struggling families are holy in our striving, not in our perfection. It’s God who makes us holy.
Read MoreProphets don’t predict the future. They speak a word of hope. God keeps making promises, and when those are fulfilled, God makes more promises. Blessed are we who believe.
Read MoreGod is near, and the peace of God will guard us, even when we feel anxious.
Read MoreOur prophet’s vision is not a false peace, but a genuine end to the oppression that held people captive, a real gathering of community, and a life of peace and justice together. Many of us long for this in our day too, and those who long for the peace of justice are likely also called to work for it. How can we make the way easier for each other?
Read MoreIn this season of hope, God promises to be with us, and this promise is being fulfilled right now.
Read MoreAs we elevate this simple but divine man from Galilee, I hope we don’t lose sight of the point he’s trying to make in this Gospel – that we belong to Christ and we belong to the Kingdom of God that we’re living into now.
Read MoreThis week we’ll hear from several Sisters of Divine Providence on why they love being Sisters so much. You’ll enjoy these reflections and be inspired too.
Read MoreJesus uses the meager contribution of a poor widow to show what it looks like to give out of your whole livelihood. How are you living into this? How is God calling you to give all with generosity and trust?
Read MoreIn this culture that glorifies busyness to the point of burnout, how do we follow God's commandments to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength? How do we love our neighbors, and how do we love ourselves?
Read MoreIn this Sunday’s Gospel, we get to spend some time with Bartimaeus. What can we learn from this disciple’s encounter with Jesus, and how would you answer Jesus’s question: “What do you want me to do for you?”
Read MoreGod who is almighty does not hold power over us but is deeply with us, seeking to enter into the human experience – our every experience, thought, feeling, and relationship. How do we open ourselves to God who wants to be with us so deeply? And how do we mirror that loving presence to other people?
Read MoreOur rich friend in the Gospel has all the privilege in the world. Do you think he’ll be able to lay aside that privilege and follow Jesus? I think he can. Discipleship is not something we achieve on our own but with God’s help, our God who makes all things possible.
Read MoreThis Sunday’s readings call us to care for each other. Like Christ who enters intimately into our lives and lives deeply and expansively, may we move toward each other in love and mutual compassion.
Read MoreTimes of transition call me to reflection on my life – a gentler approach that a slash and burn eradication, thank God! As I sift through all of this, I invite you to reflect too — what do we need to let go of, and what do we need more of in our lives?
Read MoreFollowing Jesus doesn’t make people less annoying, but it does call us to put other people before ourselves. It also calls us to recognize that we are not self-sufficient; we need God and each other.
Read MoreGod shows us how to be open, and God is with us when we’re not. As we witness the healing, opening love of God, may we proclaim and proclaim and proclaim it.
Read MoreThis Pentecost, I‘m in touch with some of the wounds of the past year, but I also feel the Spirit moving, calling me forth, and releasing some of what I’ve been holding onto. The Spirit shows me what I need and what I value.
Read MoreAs grown-up disciples in the faith, we also must step up and step out to do the work of love and service that Jesus started. We have a whole lot of proclaiming to do. How is God calling us to serve now? How must we respond to this call?
Read MoreGod Space is a spiritual community, a space of welcome and belonging. We’re not a church, but some of us go to church, and some are more spiritual than religious. However we identify, we come together to explore faith and build connection through small groups, social events, prayer, and community service. Come and connect at God Space. You belong here.
