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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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  • Whitewashed Mary and White Supremacy

    By Annemarie Barrett

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    By Rebecca Bratten Weiss

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  • Scapegoating Eve

    I’ve been thinking about misogyny and the church even more than usual. A week ago, an ICE agent shot and murdered a woman named…

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  • They have guns, but we have flowers—a modern beatitude

    By Sister Sarah Hennessey, FSPA

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  • Bumbling Toward the Economy of Francesco

    By greg little

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  • The awkwardness of being a long-distance aunt

    By Sister Julia Walsh

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  • Messy Christian music playlist

    By Sister Julia Walsh

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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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  • 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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  • The signs of these times
    You know how to judge the appearance of the sky,but you cannot judge the signs of the times.–Matthew 16:3 The smog is thick, the water murkyEach day moods are shifty…
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  • Robert Ellsberg: Saints and Stories
    Podcast: Play in new window | Download Episode 58 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More “We’re shaped … and affected by what…
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  • with my feet
    A version of this post was previously posted here. While I was in my early 20s and discerning sisterhood, I felt insecure about my prayer life. I envied people who…
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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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