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To all the holy troublemakers in the making

May 13, 2022 By Allison Sandlin Liles 2 Comments

My children’s bookshelves are lined with thick books about inspiring people.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: books, Meet the Saints, Melody Shobe, saints, Wendy Claire Barrie

Julian of Norwich: Christ Our Mother

May 8, 2022 By Margaret Ellsworth 2 Comments

This year, Saint Julian’s feast day coincides with Mother’s Day.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: children, cloud of witnesses, Jesus Christ, julian of norwich, Mother's Day, parenting

The Faithful Confidence and Fortitude of Catherine of Sienna

April 29, 2022 By Leyla King Leave a Comment

What strikes me most about Catherine of Sienna’s story is her fortitude.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: monastic, mystic, saints

The Challenge of Earth Day

April 22, 2022 By Ryan Kuratko Leave a Comment

What is our relationship to this fragile Earth, our island home? 

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Creation care, Earth Day

Learning from the Courage and Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

April 9, 2022 By Eric Liles Leave a Comment

What does it means to be a follower of Jesus when authoritarian leaders co-opt the gospel of peace for their own agenda of war and oppression?

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Bible, bonhoeffer, saints, youth

Tired and thirsty in another pandemic winter

February 26, 2022 By Sara Irwin 1 Comment

I meet Photine in her slumped shoulders.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: coronavirus, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, The Gospel of John

Walking the Way of Love with Absalom Jones

February 13, 2022 By Chris Decatur Leave a Comment

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”

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Filed Under: Saints, Way of Love Tagged With: Absalom Jones, cloud of witnesses, Way of Love

Overcoming Prejudice with God’s Love

February 4, 2022 By Jamie Osborne 1 Comment

To remember Cornelius is to celebrate courage persevering through prejudice and how God’s love can overcome our blindness.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Acts of the Apostles, baptism, cloud of witnesses, Cornelius, love, St. Peter

Brigid’s reminder of the world’s malleability

February 1, 2022 By Ryan Kuratko 1 Comment

Take a moment, and think of one of your heroes.

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: brigid, Celtic Spirituality, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, superhero

Why the Conversion of Saint Paul Gives Us Hope for Our Most Passionate and Energetic Children

January 25, 2022 By Tina Clark Leave a Comment

Why Saul?

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Conversion of St. Paul, St. Paul

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