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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Nov 233 min read
An Honest Thanksgiving
Here we are, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, surrounded by the chaos of this particular post-election season. Perhaps you find yourself...
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Josie Diebold
Sep 72 min read
God of Possibilities
Today’s reading from Isaiah paints a remarkable, beautiful composite of images: Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
Mar 102 min read
The Light of God
Even though today is the fourth Sunday of Lent, to most of the world it is just another day. Another Sunday to get laundry done, make...
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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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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Dec 16, 20233 min read
In the Fray
Today’s Gospel reading states that “A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might...
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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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Sue Delvaux
Apr 16, 20232 min read
We Do Believe
Today's Readings Here we are just a few days after Easter, Christ’s Resurrection from the dead, and we observe the Sunday of Divine Mercy....
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Jessica Curbis
Mar 29, 20231 min read
Keep Bringing Hope
Today's Readings Reflecting on today's reading from the Book of Daniel, Jessica reminds us to consider our own abilities to bring hope...
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Patty Breen
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Death Is Not the End of the Story
No other world religion makes such a bold claim about the afterlife: …I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the...
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Sara Ann Conneely
Feb 5, 20232 min read
Putting in the Work
Today's Readings For a short Gospel reading, we have quite a few metaphors explaining who we are meant to be as disciples of Christ....
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Jenny Snarski
Jan 22, 20233 min read
Fear and Light
Today's Readings “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone....
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Jessica Curbis
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Renewing Hope
Today's Readings For the first Wednesday in Advent, Jessica reflects on the hope found in this reading for the first century Christians...
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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Our Way to Joy
Today's Readings It took me a few rounds with the readings today. They just weren’t landing on my heart the way I hope Scripture always...
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Sue Delvaux
Sep 11, 20222 min read
In Remembrance, Overwhelming Grace
Today's Readings I was interested in writing this piece because of this Sunday’s date, September 11, 2022. Twenty-one years after the...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Jun 5, 20223 min read
Women, Earth, and Creator Spirit
Today's Readings Today we celebrate Pentecost, when the breath of the Spirit flowed through Jesus’ friends and empowered them to bring...
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Jessica Grima Jewett
May 29, 20222 min read
A Letter to a Hurting World
Today's Readings As I sit here writing this devotion for the 7th Sunday of Easter, my heart is again troubled as our world suffers at the...
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Mar 6, 20224 min read
Desert Days
Today's Readings I can still picture them in the front row of the second-floor theater - the simple blackbox space of the local community...
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Micole Amalu
Jan 23, 20222 min read
He Has Come to Bring Freedom
Today's Readings “This scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” These words from Jesus Christ are the start of His active ministry and...
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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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Ellen Romer Niemiec
Dec 25, 20212 min read
Giving Bones to Hope
On our way to 5 p.m. Mass on the first Sunday of Advent, my 4 year old complained that she didn’t like the dark. She also complained that...
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