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The Joy of a Yellow Watermelon

Gretchen Crowder

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Where Creation Inspires

Kathleen Butler

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Finding God Through Memory

Tim Muldoon

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Raining Gold Coins and Rainbows in the Road

Rebecca Ruiz

Seeking Joy

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

One May, a couple of years ago, my spirit was in desperate need of awakening. I was having a rough year, and like many...

The Rosary: A Prayer of Hope in Difficult Times

Reflections Gary Jansen

When my mother was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer, hope flew from me like leaves in a hurricane. Hope was replaced by fear...

Unread Messages

Reflections Gerri Leder

“Did you receive our invitation?” I drew a blank when a friend asked why I hadn’t responded to a hospital event invitation. How could...

When Walking Became a Disordered Attachment

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

At the start of the year, my twins were curious about New Year’s resolutions. They asked a bunch of questions about what they are,...

Our Road to Emmaus

Reflections Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Like many of us today, the disciples on the road to Emmaus were...

We Don’t Hope Alone

Reflections Loretta Pehanich

“I hope it rains tomorrow.” “I hope they like me.” “I hope there’s cheesecake for dessert.” Before reading Pope Francis’s thoughts in his book, On Hope, I...

Blessed Are Those in the Crowd

Reflections Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For all of my life as I have heard the Beatitudes read, my...

Comfort in Old Things

Reflections Eric Clayton

I draw comfort from old things. An ancient tree, twisted and gnarled, reaching for the sky. A humble hillside chapel, its stones from a...

The Call to Co-Labor

Spiritual Exercises Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. This faith thing takes labor, actual work. I can’t think, pray, study, reason,...

Where Desperation Ends

Reflections Lisa Kelly

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Parenthood: there is no greater joy or desperation. A parent is fully responsible,...

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