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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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  • Solidarity is a Way of Making History 

    There was electricity. A sensation palpable in the air, yet powerfully felt in the spirit. The sounds of feet marching and people shuffling together,…

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  • Father Dan Horan: The Beautiful Mess of Personhood

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  • “Good Inside”: A restorative Christian approach to parenting and beyond

    By Emily Cortina

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  • How to be holy AND messy

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  • Solidarity is a Way of Making History 

    There was electricity. A sensation palpable in the air, yet powerfully felt in the spirit. The sounds of feet marching and people shuffling together,…

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  • Becoming Social Poets for Community Transformation

    By Michael Okinczyc-Cruz

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  • Christian resistance in the style of St. Francis

    By Sister Julia Walsh

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  • Father Greg Boyle: Staying with the God of Love

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  • Kerry Alys Robinson: Generous and Grateful Servant Leadership

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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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  • Father Dan Horan: The Beautiful Mess of Personhood
    In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Father Dan Horan about how he came to discover his vocation as a Franciscan, and they consider the importance of encouraging one another as Christians. Father Dan also talks about what he calls Holy Spirit atheism, which he says puts us at risk of acting in ways that are contrary to the will of God.
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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…
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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…
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  • The transformative power of the spiritual practice of Eucharistic Adoration
    The air is palpably different, more alive, almost tingling to the touch. The round room always feels like entering home and my gaze is fixed on one spot. Sometimes a…
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  • Cyrus Habib, SJ: Prophets and Inspirations
    Podcast: Play in new window | Download Episode 77 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Email | RSS | More You actually have to decide to believe……
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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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