Ellen Salmi van Cleef and Joshua van Cleef: Missionaries Rooted in Presence
“The mess and the beauty are really tied together.” – Joshua van Cleef Season 4, Episode 5 of…
Caring a Hair for the Birds of the Air
Since I began homeschooling my children last year, I’ve felt compelled to raise them as amateur naturalists. We…
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Finding Fruits of the Spirit
“This idea of finding grace within the mess, I think that is the call of the Christian life.”…
Bridget Alexander: Solutions Steeped in Community
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Waking the Village co-foundress Bridget Alexander about building a non-profit centered on building community, the issue of youth homelessness and the mess of social justice work.
Burial Gardens: Life and Death in Lent
Last year, during the Lent that still hasn’t ended, I took my children on a walk to the…
Harden Not Your Hearts: Hearing the Call for Repentance
I know well enough that the time to address racial inequity was centuries ago. It is also now. And while it is a national sin, it is my work as much as anybody else.
Making good trouble and the trouble with goodness
It’s Sunday and four-year-old P’s turn to pick the movie. The eight-week ban on “Frozen 2” has expired…
‘A bad guy was killing people’: A parent’s response to the nightmare of gun violence
It’s 3 a.m. and the moon is glowing softly through the wide bedroom window. Why am I awake?…
Parent in training: a review of “Bless This Mess”
My five-month-old just fell asleep. Now I have anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours to “get something…
On parenting, poverty, and privilege
It’s been two months since our family abruptly said goodbye to the mission we were serving in Honduras.…
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