Read More PPrayer and Spirituality The reality of the messy NativityDecember 22, 2020 I’ve said this before: the story of the Nativity lives in everyone’s heart. The story of the messy…
PPrayer and Spirituality The Goodness of Gray, the Holy Innocents, and the Kairos (Time) of GodDecember 27, 2019 It’s a gray day, one of those types where the clouds hang heavy and seem to block out…
PPrayer and Spirituality Poetry: How do words become flesh?December 24, 2019 How do you pray? Do you pray with hands folded? Do you air out your words on the…
PPrayer and Spirituality Light in the darkDecember 21, 2019 In the Northern hemisphere, today is the shortest day of the year, the day when we experience the…
PPrayer and Spirituality This Advent, may we make roomDecember 20, 2019 Months ago, while my mind and heart were whirling after moving from rural Wisconsin to Chicago, I attempted…
PPrayer and Spirituality We need each other, not more consumptionDecember 4, 2019 Every year around this time, companies ramp up marketing campaigns that do their best to connect contentment with…
PPrayer and Spirituality O Come Emmanuel: Free us prisonersDecember 21, 2018 Sitting next to me in another hard, plastic chair is a good-hearted man wearing brightly colored scrubs —…
PPrayer and Spirituality Most wonderful time of the yearDecember 14, 2018 “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” Except, for you, this holiday season is anything but.…
PPrayer and Spirituality Merry Christmas: the story in the world’s heartDecember 25, 2017 Re-blogged from December 24, 2015. The Holy Family in a creche scene in Greccio, Italy, 2014. Photo by…
EEquity and Justice Thanks for giving, not shoppingNovember 23, 2017 Happy Thanksgiving! During this time when we pause to give thanks in the USA, I take this Scripture…