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As Jesus proclaims the word of God to the people of his hometown, the scripture he reads is fulfilled in their hearing, but they don’t want to hear it. How often do we listen to God, especially when God calls us to grow? And to what is God calling you right now?
Read More“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 MoreWhy is it easier to believe in our brokenness than our belovedness? Doubts and fears are part of the human experience, but so is being loved. How do we normalize living as God’s Beloved?
Read MoreWhat a promising proclamation: Our light has come! Emmanuel is with us! Rise up from any hopelessness, anxiety, despair, from anything that binds you. Rise up! The glory of God has come, and that glory shines on you.
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; they speak for God. God keeps making promises, and when those are fulfilled, God makes more promises. Blessed are we who believe.
Read MoreRejoicing may not be on the surface of our consciousness. Some days we may have to dig down into ourselves to find it, but the Spirit guides us. It is for the good of ourselves and the world, and it’s needed badly.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be at home? What memories do you have of being home, both pleasant and difficult? What does it mean to come home to yourself? Listen as Sr. Fidelis Tracy, CDP helps us to deepen our understanding of what it means to find our way home.
Read MoreThe kind of hope that comes from God reassures us of God’s love and presence, both in the future and right now, in this moment, in this first week of Advent, with all that’s happening and all that will unfold.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to belong to God’s kingdom, this realm not of this world? All we have to do to belong is listen and recognize the truth. We don’t have to work hard to belong to Christ; Christ welcomes all of us with love and compassion, and all we have to do is recognize it.
Read MoreSo, we keep showing up. We trust that our two cents are enough. Even when we don’t see much effect from our efforts, we keep showing up because God provides us with any coins we have and they don’t belong to us. Everything we have is for the service of the kingdom of God. And humanity. And creation. We show up together, and we keep showing up, and we give what we have. And God makes that enough.
Read MoreIn this culture in which everything is so intense and busy, how do we follow God's commandments to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength? And as we love our neighbors, how do we love ourselves?
Read MoreThis week 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 seeks to be deeply with us. How do we open ourselves to God who wants to be close to us? And how do we mirror that loving presence to other people?
Read MoreAll 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 grow into on our own, but with God’s help, all things are possible.
Read MoreJesus uses strong words, but his message is simple: limit the things that make gospel living harder, have holy boundaries, and when it comes to knowing who’s with us or not, “whoever is not against us is for us.”
Read MoreThere’s no getting ahead in the Christian life. Each of us is dependent, called to disciple like a child, open to life as it unfolds and trusting that God is with us, taking care of us.
Read MoreJesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” and it’s clear that he wants them to know him for who he is. There’s something about all of us that wants to be understood, isn’t there? Ultimately, we want to be loved, but to be loved, we also have to be known.
Read MoreThis 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 MoreJesus 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.
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