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The Emptiness of Easter

“Fear and great joy” are what we’re told the two Marys felt on hearing that Jesus had been raised from ...
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Influencers, Not Intercessors: Following Saint Zita of Tuscany

If today’s young people are glued to their phones and iPads, I came of age alongside the internet. My family ...
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Jesus Ahead of Me

This year, I packed what will most likely be my son’s last Easter basket. He’s headed off to college next ...
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Saint Mark’s Interesting Life Choice

Have you ever let someone down? They may have had unrealistic expectations for you or placed the high bar just ...
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Connecting to Holy Week Through Family Meals

As a youth and young adult ministries director, I often struggle to balance my work in the church with personal ...
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Look for Life

I live in Nashville, TN, which means I spent early April navigating a nearly week-long storm. During the moments of ...
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In the Garden

When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land with my family. We were ...
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Love at Drop-Offs and in the Upper Room

There’s a tradition, or I suppose I should call it a rule, in my family: Everyone has to say “I ...
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Making Palm Sunday Special for Children

“The disciples brought donkey to Jesus and threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he ...
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Holy Week at Home

For many families, attending church on a weeknight is challenging, to say the least. School, sports, lessons, orthodontist appointments - ...
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Autopilot, Unpacking, and This Year’s Lent

Our family moved this winter. We're in the same town, just in another house about a mile down the road ...
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Bonhoeffer Calls Us to Action

Today we celebrate the feast day of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was, maybe most notably, an ...
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Columba: a saint who loved God’s great story

In the midst of all his toils, he appeared loving unto all, serene and holy, rejoicing in the joy of ...
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The Spirit of Pentecost and the Practice of Paying Attention

Today is Pentecost, the day on the church calendar when we remember and celebrate the arrival of the Holy Spirit, ...
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Celebrating the Visitation and Quiet Miracles that Change the World

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” I remember the first time ...
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Celebrating the Ascension in Modern Times

Feast of the Ascension Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to ...
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No Justice, No Peace: Mechthild of Magdeburg and The Long Lineage of Protest Poetry

Poets say the strangest things. I first learned this when I became absolutely preoccupied by Emily Dickinson in the fourth ...
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Mary Embraces the World

The month of May offers multiple opportunities to learn and reflect on how the Spirit continues to move through Mary ...
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