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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Speaking to the Soul: Walking Backward

September 12, 2016 No Comments

Even when we’re on a mission, our journeys can include circling back through where we’ve been.

Speaking to the Soul: A Two-Sided Coin

September 11, 2016 2 Comments

Whether it’s the wholeness of our communities or the wholeness of our lives, these stories are hopeful… if somewhat wild… reminders that the whole matters more than the parts.

Speaking to the Soul: Saints with feet of clay

September 10, 2016 3 Comments

I don’t know of Mother Teresa ever really planned on becoming a saint. I kind of doubt it. Does anybody really set out with the intention of becoming a recognized Saint throughout the church?

Speaking to the Soul: Conflict in Hindsight

September 9, 2016 No Comments

Meetings, discussions, and debates take much longer to work than we are sometimes led to believe–even by the Scriptures.

Speaking to the Soul: Awakening to who we are

September 8, 2016 2 Comments

Knowing to whom we belong, we open ourselves to who we are meant to be. And then we open ourselves to astounding miracle and to mind boggling transformation, at our deaths and in every single day of our lives.

Speaking to the Soul: But Now . . .

September 7, 2016 No Comments

How does today measure up against your youth, or against the future you’ve imagined? Today’s first reading asks us to live in this day with honesty, no matter how it compares to our memories or dreams.

Speaking to the Soul: Grace for the Lost

September 6, 2016 4 Comments

In Jesus’ explanation, God is the one who loves and cares for the lost, constantly searching them out, and making them the priority in the kingdom of heaven.

Speaking to the Soul: Belonging and Believing

September 5, 2016 3 Comments

Which comes first: Do we believe that Jesus is “the Messiah” (the newly-anointed king)? Or must we first sense our belonging in the kingdom that Jesus proclaims? Our answer may shape how we share the good news.