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  • How to be holy AND messy
    To contemplate the sacredness of messiness, start with the natural world. Step into the forest and study the rotting logs. Examine the erosion. Notice the tiny and the grand, how transformation and evolution have designed the landscapes, and the simple and small. See the surrender of one creature to another, the wildness of complete metamorphosis…
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  • “Good Inside”: A restorative Christian approach to parenting and beyond

    I was a few hours from home, towards the end of an eight-hour drive from visiting family in Nebraska. It was dark and my…

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  • Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Language of Lightness, Darkness and Love

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  • Whitewashed Mary and White Supremacy

    By Annemarie Barrett

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  • Works of Mercy

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  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

    I recently read the famous line from Robert Frost’s poem: “good fences make good neighbors.”  I remember my Dad quoting it to me, making…

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  • Solidarity is a Way of Making History 

    By Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez

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  • Toddler Tantrums and the Kingdom of God

    By nicolio13

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  • Scapegoating Eve

    By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

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  • Deacon Pablo Perez: Finding Faith Behind Bars

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  • Preserving Dangerous Memories 

    Maura Rocks

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  • Rules for a messy and holy creative practice 

    Cassidy Klein

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  • The invisible, embodied holiness of parenting

    Emily Cortina

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  • Pádraig Ó Tuama: The Language of Lightness, Darkness and Love
    In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh and poet, public speaker, teacher and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama explore the light, the dark, and the infinite complexities of language. They consider terms like Christian and minister, and discuss the nature of poetry as well as the essential role imagination plays in one’s spiritual life as well as conflict resolution. And they talk about the complexities of doing good and being good.
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  • Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki
    “Death comes for us all, Oroku Saki, but something much worse comes for you … for when you die, it will be without honor.” ~ Master Splinter, to the Shredder,…
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  • Sister Roselyn Heil: Spiritual Physics and Barefoot Belief
    Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS Season 5, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “Going barefoot connects me…
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  • Prayers for times like these
    For Peace  God of Unity and Peace,  Bless our longings for peace as we give you our heartaches and fears. Holy One, we beg you to soften the hearts of…
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  • Deacon Pablo Perez: Finding Faith Behind Bars
    Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | Email | RSS Season 4, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. “I go, and I…
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  • Yo Soy Una Guadalupana (I Am A Guadalupana)
    Posted by guest blogger, Sister Sarah Hennessey A Story of Marta “I’m nervous because I’m here illegally.” Marta held out her arm for a blood pressure check. The nurse in the free clinic and I quickly reassured her that everything was confidential and she had nothing to fear. Marta continued, “I’m nervous because I am illegal…

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