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Waiting Well

Cindy Ristroph

“For you, O Lord, my soul in stillness waits; truly my hope is in you.” —Marty Haugen, “My Soul in Stillness Waits,” based on Psalm...

Simply Advent: Simple Prayers

Vinita Hampton Wright

This Advent, I want to help you keep things simple. Each week I’ll share ideas for simple prayers, encouragements, practices, and celebrations. Today, as...

Taking Advent Seriously

Jim Manney

Years ago, I gave up on Advent. It was hard to maintain the Advent frame of mind (quiet longing for the coming of Christ)...

Prayer While Grieving

Becky Eldredge

Praying during a season of loss can be hard. When I think of my own seasons of loss or of listening to others’ prayer...

God’s Grace and Our Efforts

Vinita Hampton Wright

I have watched myself and other people swing back and forth between two extremes of expectation when it comes to spiritual growth. One expectation is...

Explaining Thanksgiving

Jane Knuth

When I was in college, I studied abroad for a year in Madrid, Spain. The father of my host family was a teacher in...

Coming Together at Table

Rebecca Ruiz

Growing up, our table was always filled with friend and stranger. While we lived far from our own families of origin, we were never...

God Receives Us

Marina Berzins McCoy

The Ignatian Suscipe begins with the words, “Take, Lord, and receive…” This prayer then goes on to offer oneself to God. The Suscipe is...

The Gratitude List

Jim Manney

A friend of mine was stuck in traffic in New York City late on a summer Friday afternoon. He was really stuck—sitting in his...

Jubilee You’ve multiplied the many fruits of every gift You’ve given me: music, service, intellect, with love-begetting-love multiplied most; and now like a plant in a pot You ask me to rest; and looking...

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