Nurturing Courage
The practice of faith is about building up the kind of courage we need to live the gospel.
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- Jul 6, 2021
- 6 min
Resting = Trusting in God's Grace
Resting is one big way to demonstrate our trust in God’s grace. We don’t have to keep proving our strength, our worth, our faith.
- Jun 13, 2021
- 6 min
LGBTQIA+ Folks: Showing Everyone the Kingdom of God
I’m here to say that queer folks actively teach the rest of the world something about the Kingdom of God.
- Jun 6, 2021
- 4 min
Making Family of Us All
Everything Jesus did served to bring everyone into his family. His whole ministry was to bring everyone into the in-group.
- May 30, 2021
- 5 min
The Trinity: Be Curious, Not Judgmental
The Trinity manifests a God who asks us to rest in uncertainty, a God who invites our curiosity.
- May 23, 2021
- 5 min
Can These Bones Live?
If we’re just hoping to get back to normal, if we are not transformed, then we are letting the Spirit pass us by.
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Stepping Away to Connect with God
Each of us needs to begin to figure out how to create a space to connect with God.
- May 9, 2021
- 5 min
Lay Down Your Power for Your Friends
Laying down our life for our friends doesn’t necessarily mean dying. Maybe we’re called to lay down a way of life.
- May 2, 2021
- 5 min
For Better for Worse, for Richer for Poorer
Why do we reserve the kind of love we proclaim in our wedding vows only for our partners?
- Apr 25, 2021
- 5 min
Transaction vs. Transformation
transformation can only happen when we feel like we belong to one another.
- Apr 18, 2021
- 4 min
Moving Through Grief
We can’t make grief go away—we all know it doesn’t—but grief evolves. It can diminish in intensity, we can and do learn to live with it.
- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
Kizimani: Living the Gospel in Kenya
Linda Simmons offers a homily about her work with Kizimani in Kenya.
- Apr 4, 2021
- 4 min
To Say a Name
Let us remember that it is when we learn—and when we say—one another’s names that the veil is lifted and resurrection is revealed.
- Mar 21, 2021
- 4 min
Our Transgender Siblings: Absolutely Beloved
By following Jesus, we learn to heal, teach, learn, speak, listen, and most of all, love all our fellow sisters and brothers.
- Mar 14, 2021
- 5 min
Dismantling Systemic Sin
Our call in the face of suffering is to do what God did: send Love.
- Mar 7, 2021
- 5 min
The Cross: Suffering Reclaimed
The cross is where resurrection is conceived. The cross is where hope is born.
- Feb 28, 2021
- 6 min
We Can Do Hard Things
When our highest value is productivity, we dehumanize ourselves, which is to say we separate ourselves from God.
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
Trusting God in a Time of Uncertainty
To truly be close to God we need to be able to trust in God. We cannot exercise trust when we are only surrounded by certitude.
- Feb 14, 2021
- 5 min
Release & Respite
I invite us to ask ourselves, “What might I release during this time to invite respite?"
- Feb 7, 2021
- 5 min
Sickness. Demons. RESPITE. Ministry.
We don’t have to keep plugging away. We don’t have to keep moving at this exhausting pace. We need to slow down. We. Need. Respite.
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