Laura G. Hancock
When Truth and Love Expand
Do we want the answers we already know? Or do we want to be loved into ever-expanding truth? “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with...
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Jocelyn E. Collen
May 43 min read
You are My Friend, You’re Special to Me
F-R-I-E-N-D. We all know what that spells. Friends are the best gift we can have. Friendship can get us through any sorrow, hardship,...
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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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Jessica Grima Jewett
May 14, 20232 min read
Love Spilled Out
Today's Readings Today, on the 6th Sunday of Easter, is one of my favorite Gospel readings by John. It is all about loving God, loving...
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Erika Tate
Mar 9, 20232 min read
Baptism, Grace, and Love
I believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Once a month I get to teach my parish’s baptism preparation class. The room always...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Feb 6, 20231 min read
A Spiritual Breath
What does it mean to take a spiritual breath? To breathe in the Divine God, To whisper Their name into the noise of our lives? To make...
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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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Jennifer Delvaux
Dec 25, 20222 min read
A Blessed Christmas
May today be what it was meant to be, a gift. Today we celebrate, as plenty of hymns, carols, and even songs on the radio remind us, the...
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Jessica Curbis
Oct 26, 20221 min read
On Being Loving (to ourselves too)
Today's Readings This week, Jessica reflects on this Letter's mandate as to how we are to treat each other, and ourselves.
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Katie Davis-Crowder
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Jesus' Crowded Table + the Pharisee in Me
Today's Readings It’s no secret that Jesus was a friend of the outcast. His life was about radical commitment to people most in need--the...
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Rachel Conrad Carlson
Jun 26, 20223 min read
The Gift of True Freedom
Today's Readings The second reading this week from Galatians centers around the concept of freedom, an idea at the core of American...
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Jennifer Delvaux
May 17, 20222 min read
Creation Instead of Violence - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Here is what I feel it necessary to say. If you are a Catholic,...
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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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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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Susan Amann
Feb 14, 20223 min read
Love, Belonging, and Christian Community
When I was in middle school, Valentine’s Day was a non-threatening, classroom-party day. Every student gave a Valentine card to everyone...
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Rose Miola
Jan 30, 20222 min read
Soaking Up Love
Today's Readings This week has the most popular scripture passage for weddings! “Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous, it is...
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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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Katie Davis-Crowder
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Darkness/Light
For years, one of my favorite Advent rituals was to curate and post some version of the following on Instagram: There was something...
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Caroline Head
Nov 30, 20214 min read
Remember Your Roots
A blog for women seems an unlikely place to find a reflection for St. Andrew. One of the fishermen called by Jesus to be fishers of men...
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Jennifer Delvaux
Nov 28, 20212 min read
An Advent of Justice & Love
Today’s Readings One of my favorite parts of Advent is the time we spend hearing from the prophets, especially Jeremiah and Isaiah....
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