Who Do You Say That I Am? Today’s Lectionary Passage: Matthew 16:13–20 Yesterday we spent some time on a street corner talking with a woman who was living out of her car. Her story of losing nearly everything after a personal tragedy is one we have heard countless times. Life can unravel astonishingly fast. We …
Should we write a book for Couples? This morning we woke up to the responses from our latest social media invitation to our Overflow for Couples retreat. (retreat info here) Some people asked for prayer. Some asked for more information. A few enthusiastically registered. A few shared stories of hope, heartbreak, and longing. And a …
(photo credit My 250th Birthday Hangover I wrote last week’s newsletter before our nation’s 250th birthday because I suspected July 4 would bring images that would leave me heartsick. A snapshot from that newsletter read: “Happy 250th Birthday to the USA. May this great experiment called the United States of America continue to move us toward …
🕊 PRE‑WORD This reflection was written before the recent escalation of war involving Iran.While I spoke about these events in person at Crossroads, I won’t attempt to address them fully here. Instead, we pause together in grief and prayer, holding the whole human family — all who are afraid, grieving, or in harm’s …
Ahna Ziegler photography Motions of the Soul Retreat or Certification Ash Heads I remember the Ash Wednesday service at St. Mary Magdalen. Every year, an entire grade school class would return from Mass as Ash-Heads—foreheads smudged, a little holier (and messier) than before. We had just been told we were going to die, …