Hope and heartache on this side of the grave
I understand that my death could come any day. My own life experiences have etched this understanding into…
In the Christian journey’s four seasons, “All Shall be Well”
For a year of my life, I lived in Northern California, where the seasons felt all out of…
Learning to abide in care
What does it mean to be a community of care? How can we deepen in our care for one another in a world so caught up in efficiency and the self-protection of individualism?
Beyond lonely scrolling
Sitting alone in a living room on a dark winter night, I am staring at a screen once…
Lent’s inevitable disappointment and the constant turn to God
Praying with Fr. James’ Martin SJ’s Examen app recently, I heard the words, “Lent is drawing to a…
The wonderful inconvenience of love
Happy Valentine’s Day!! I love this day so much because this is a day when we can celebrate…
From farm to city and back again: Listening and loving on the margins
Decades ago, as a child growing up in the rolling hills of Northeast Iowa, I would daydream of…
Toddler Tantrums and the Kingdom of God
By Guest Blogger Nicole Wooldridge. It was one of those moments every parent dreads: my two-year-old had worked…
People watching and categories
I have a confession to make. I’ve noticed something about myself while I have been bopping around Chicago…
seven days of salvation
strangers grip palms, bond at bus stops grins by glory, pilgrims unite onward, hosannas and hellos true buzz…