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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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  • Works of Mercy

    By greg little

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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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  • Hoverboards, driving lessons, friendships and the common good

    By greg little

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  • Casting away demons

    By Emily Cortina

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  • Father Greg Boyle: Staying with the God of Love

    By Sister Julia Walsh

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  • Kristina Ortega: Inclusion and Catholic Education

    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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  • 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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  • Living the Stigmata Today
    For years in the depths of depression I had constant thoughts of not wanting to live any longer. This suffering felt tragic and senseless. I could not see a future….
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  • Finding Christ in Every Corner of the Cosmos
    The last time I wrote for Messy Jesus Business, I discussed one of my favorite topics –– the Holy Grail. I want to return to that subject, because I think…
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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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