by Susanna Bertelsen | Sep 15, 2022 | Featured Image
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love No, not just for some, but for everyone.” Where is that “sweet love” today? How might I find it? This popular tune, by...
by Karen Treat | Aug 18, 2022 | Featured Image
For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to… -Ecclesiastes 3:1 Each autumn I find myself steeped in memories. The memory of raking thousands of dried oak leaves in my backyard as a child, creating paths that...
by Karen Treat | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured Image
The past two years we have weathered many storms. I wonder when we are going to find calm waters. At least for a while. And every summer I begin by hoping I will be refreshed and renewed by the time September rolls around. Yet, with...
by Karen Treat | Apr 22, 2022 | Featured Image
Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” John 21:12 One of my favorite Bible passages comes at the end of the Gospel of John. The recently risen Jesus is on the beach of the Sea of Tiberius while the disciples unsuccessfully fish. Jesus yells...
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde | Apr 14, 2022 | Featured Image
As we make our way thru the Triduum and Easter season, marking the death and resurrection of Jesus, I’m thinking especially of spiritual practices that companion us. Centering prayer is one such practice. As a surrendering, self-emptying form of prayer, it helps...