Susan Amann
National Stress Awareness Day
Today, November 6, 2024, is National Stress Awareness Day which falls on the first Wednesday of November each year. Why have a national...
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Jessica Curbis
Sep 282 min read
Called to Teach
I often say that I fell into teaching. Despite having played teacher as a child (should have been a dead give away honestly), I never...
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Kelly Sankowski
May 112 min read
Adjusting Expectations
As someone 2,000+ years removed from Christ’s death and resurrection, I can find it easy to chuckle at the apostles’ lack of...
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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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Patty Breen
Nov 2, 20233 min read
Changed, Not Ended
When my Dad died almost three years ago in January 2021, there were many moments of comfort: the meals people made for my mom as she...
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Elizabeth Kos
Sep 21, 20233 min read
Broken
There's a sign that hangs in my kitchen that says, “If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart.” I love this sign because on...
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Patty Breen
Sep 5, 20232 min read
Faithfulness not Success
As a little girl, I was a bit of an odd child. I had a slight fascination with Mother Teresa. One of my earliest memories of playing at...
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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
Jun 4, 20233 min read
In the Beginning was the Conversation
Today's Readings As a high school theology teacher, I often find myself in the midst of unexpected conversations. I will have my plans...
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Erika Tate
Mar 5, 20233 min read
Transfiguraiton in an Over-Stimulated World
Today's Readings This Sunday is the second Sunday of Lent. We get to enjoy the bewildering story of the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount...
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Patty Breen
Jan 15, 20232 min read
Here I am, I (sorta) come to do Your will
Today's Readings I don’t know about you friend, but I find waiting to be such a difficult task sometimes. And yet, waiting is one of the...
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Jessica Curbis
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Just Breathe
Today's Readings Jessica reminds us of the importance of taking a step back when our patience is tested.
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Jennifer Delvaux
Sep 4, 20223 min read
Jesus Didn't
Today’s Readings Hate our fathers and mothers, spouses and children, even our own lives. And take up our crosses. These lines are often...
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Cynthia Lambert Cheshire
Aug 28, 20224 min read
Spiritual Poverty Is Not Humiliation, and Other Things I’ve Learned from Living Paycheck to Paycheck
This week, a Very Big Thing happened in the Cheshire household. My husband and I went on a date. As we walked into our local pizza place,...
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Kathleen O'Brien
May 23, 20222 min read
On Motherhood: Neither Catholic nor Secular
The question of vocation has always been a looming question for Catholics. And I mean vocation with the capital “V”. In college, this was...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Like a Butterfly, part 2
This is a continuation of yesterday's piece from Rachel. In my mom’s words to me about a year before her passing (as quoted in...
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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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Jessica Curbis
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Introducing Wisdom's Voice
Introducing Wisdom's Voice, an initiative within Wisdom's Dwelling where women reflect on the weekday readings with the purpose of...
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Sue Delvaux
Jan 9, 20223 min read
Baptism, Business, and Servant Leadership
Today's Readings As Lectors head to Church this weekend, they will have to prepare for two different sets of readings. The Church offers...
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