by Karen Treat | May 7, 2021 | Featured Image
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. -Psalm 23:6 Fully vaccinated, we recently journeyed to Arizona. The sounds and sights contrast greatly with Minnesota. At least in the...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured Image
Years ago, a chance encounter in an antique store ultimately led to a reclaiming of my spiritual roots and a deeper relationship with the Divine. The encounter was with Mary, aka the Blessed Virgin, or rather, a simple unpainted ceramic statue of a young woman that...
by Nancy Loyd | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured Image
I have been an advocate for talking about our mortality and befriending our death long before COVID-19 was an intimate part of our lives. COVID has forced many to contemplate their own mortality as well as to bear the unbearable of having to say goodbye to a...
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde | Apr 16, 2021 | Featured Image
I imagine from the beginning of time, the Divine here. Imbuing all of creation with Love’s sacred and unique presence. I imagine from the beginning of time, some doubt and disruption to that conscious presence and preciousness. A denial or disregard about who and what...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Apr 15, 2021 | Featured Image
In these troubled times, as I continue to look for God’s consolation, I reflect on my experiences with the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and am drawn to review their meaning for me. The Ignatian Exercises are “bookended” with meditations considering God’s...
by Linda Cherek | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured Image
In Ron Rolheiser’s book, The Passion and the Cross, he asks the question “Why do we call Jesus’ suffering just before his death his passion?” He reminds us that we have understood passion to mean “intense sufferings.” He says this isn’t wrong – however, we miss...
