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Oops, I’m Human
As Christians human beings, we are very afraid of making mistakes. We can become perfectionists and not readily admit to it. But mistakes make us better, don’t they? They teach us what works and what...
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Confession, Vulnerability, and Healing
You may often hear Christians use the word confession. “Oh, I have to go to confession.” “Let us make a confession of faith.” “Can I make a confession?” It’s something we do, yet don’t do. Confession...
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Grace from Suffering
A year ago I was working as a chaplain at Georgetown University Hospital. It forced me to grapple with hard questions around suffering and the mystery of life. I recently wrote a reflection on how we...
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Broken and Poured Out
A couple weeks ago Loyola Press offered a 3-Minute Retreat on the following verse of scripture: The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break,...
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Jesuscare
Thursday’s ruling by the Supreme Court which upheld President Obama’s health care law (the Affordable Care Act) created many knee-jerk reactions and divisive responses. I wondered how Jesus might...
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Will I lose my dignity?
There’s a cartoon series on YouTube by KurtToons called Subway Thoughts. In each short we see a guy, maybe around 30, riding the subway and we hear his internal monologue. He comments on things going...
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Finding God in Gay
I’ve never posted about controversial issues on here. Instead I seek to provide a window into a God who dwells in all creation, in the extraordinary events of our life, and in the mundane. But finding...
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Perfection
There’s a book I recently discovered called The Book of Qualities. The author, J. Ruth Gendler, takes 77 different human qualities like courage or grief or beauty and personifies them in brief...
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No one but Donald Duck!
My favourite Disney character has always been Donald Duck. I think I can relate to him a bit. He always has good intentions but the worst happens to him! And sadly his cartoons never have a happy...
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Can I call God a friend?
I was speaking to someone who clearly had a great reverence for God. “You can’t call God a friend or your buddy,” he said. “You’ve got to have respect and fear of God.” For this person, he could not...
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Lost
This is a guest post by Boom Enriquez. I’m not good with maps. Ever since I was young, treasure hunts and orienteering have been my least favorite games. When I need to meet a friend or colleague,...
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A Piece of Megan’s Heart
This is a guest post by Bernie Wiscons Hoffman. My older sister had four boys, whom I consider to be my younger brothers, but my sister always wanted a girl. She didn’t get one until her granddaughter...
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Companionship & Ignatian Spirituality
This is a guest post by William Ockham. “It’s always said that the Jesuits were founded by Ignatius of Loyola, but I like the thought that the Jesuits were founded by a committee, not by one man. And...
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Here I Am
This is a guest post by Jan O’Hara. A cat has given me a lesson on how to see God in all things. He is twenty years old (very old for a cat), and his vet tells me Abe has the health of a young kitten....
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How can I die peacefully?
With Lent beginning this week perhaps it’s a good time to talk about death in the light of life. Author and doctor Rachel Naomi Remen tells a story of a patient who said she was afraid that she...
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Walking on Water
Last Monday was Labor Day, which spells the end of summer. It also anticipates the beginning of a new season, and for some of us, this week marks the start of a new academic year. Like any student, I...
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The Risk of Friendship
“This is my commandment: that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.” –...
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Mud, Human Suffering, and Hope
The mud squished and sloshed against our shoes as we wound our way around mile three. Specks of dirt lined our faces, and our hair was matted in various shapes and directions. “Only two more miles,” I...
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Grittiness is Next to Godliness: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
One of the most beautiful aspects of the Ash Wednesday liturgy to me is the human interaction that occurs when one person reaches out and marks another’s forehead with a cross of ashes. The gentle...
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Vulnerability and Surprise
This is a post in a series by Alexander Garoutte. You can read his first post here. I never thought I’d find so much joy in the moments of real, felt community. I never thought I’d find myself so...
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