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Episode 100: A last look back, and a grand finale
Episode 100 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this, our…Kaitlin Curtice: story and cyclical spirituality
Episode 99 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. In this episode…The waiting soul gives: hope-filled resistance to tyranny
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Wade in the Water: On Floods and Finding My Footing
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the flood. That one from the book of Genesis where humanity reached such an epic state of depravity– The Lord saw the…
The invisible, embodied holiness of parenting
I have this image in my head of me, in twenty years, receiving some kind of award – maybe it’s the most dedicated parishioner, catechist of the year, peacemaker extraordinaire. Something acknowledging how my life exemplifies the Holy Spirit at work in the world. I imagine my grown children being invited to speak on my…
Ashen timelines
we inherit historyhistory of horror, heartachethe systemic sinsthe memories of line after lineof penitent, penitentour breath, our skinheavy hearts –no denial, only Truthrepent, repentancestors lamentgaze…
The mortals return, as dust and ash.
As dust, as mortals, we move closer to our graves each day. Lent: this season summons us to deeper holiness with an airy invitation: a…
Worthy and unworthy
Again I am standing in a pew, among strangers and friends. I am facing an altar on which bread and wine were just transformed to…
Heidi Haverkamp: The Fertile Soil of Solitude
“I think what I’ve learned is there’s great fruitfulness in messiness…you need dirt to grow things.”– Heidi Haverkamp Season 4, Episode 1 of Messy Jesus…
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