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Allison Bobzien
Jan 202 min read
Change
A few years ago, I chose to leave my graduate program where I was studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling. At the time this decision...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Dec 23, 20233 min read
Love Forever Being Born
In November of 2022, I found myself silently weeping in the lobby of the University of Chicago Hospital, having just concluded my 38th...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Jun 25, 20233 min read
“Yes, and…”: Beautiful and Terrible Things
Today's Readings Today’s readings remind me of the popular improv game called “Yes, and.” I played the “Yes, and” game semi-regularly in...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Feb 22, 20234 min read
Rolling Down the Hill
During Holy Week 2021, I participated from a distance in my parish’s annual Stations of the Cross service. Afterwards, I found myself...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Aug 14, 20223 min read
Too Much
Today's Readings Like most little kids, when I was small, I often parrotted back words and phrases that the adults in my world used...
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Jessica Curbis
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Break Up For Yourselves a New Field
Today's Readings Jessica reflects on this week's reading as an opportunity to seek renewal.
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Caroline Head
May 15, 20222 min read
Joy to the World
Today's Readings Jesus never promised that it would be easy to follow His commandments. In fact, a brief glance at the first reading for...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Mar 27, 20222 min read
Giving Up Manna
Today's Readings I wonder what manna tastes like. Did it start off as deeply satisfying, as if nothing could ever taste as good? How...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Feb 6, 20222 min read
When Your Nets Become Heavy
Today's Readings In January 2019, my husband and I knew we were ready for a change. We wanted another child and we were ready for new...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Jan 3, 20223 min read
New Year, More Me: Seeking the Magis in 2022
As I move through this Christmastide alongside my spouse Kevin, also an educator basking in a much-needed break, our joy is real. I find...
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Caroline Head
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Boundaries, please!
In March 2020, I was teaching third grade in suburban Chicago. On Friday, March 13th, we were given directions to send home belongings...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 27, 20212 min read
My Best Friend
I met my best friend when we were 12. We lived in 2 different suburbs about 30 minutes apart. I am still in disbelief that at a time when...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Sep 22, 20213 min read
Make Way for Something New
I measure the seasons by my notebook of grocery lists. Cold salads, watermelon gazpacho, grilled vegetables and meats have been...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Sep 20, 20213 min read
The Ever-Changing Waves in Our Lives
If you are a person living on Earth, especially in the last year and a half, then at some point in time you have experienced change in...
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Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Sep 13, 20215 min read
Change at God's Pace
This past weekend, while my husband and I worked on one yardwork chore or another, I wiped the sweat from my brow and stabbed my shovel...
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