Franciscan Spirit
Open Yourself to Grace
				
			
																				
			Terry Hershey		
				
																						
			May 1, 2023		
		
		
				Grace cannot be confined or contained or constrained. We don’t dole it out to the deserving. We spill it…to anyone and everyone.
Christ along the Periphery
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			April 28, 2023		
				
		
		
			Jesus never measures and weighs, doesn’t count, keep score, or tally what is given. He just gives.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Riding the River
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			April 27, 2023		
				
		
		
			Love just is. I’m dumbfounded by the mystery of it all. I’m reminded again that delight and beauty are right here. 		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						God Is in the Stillness
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			April 26, 2023		
				
		
		
			I find hope on a crisp spring morning. In the silence, I find God there.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Gather the Fragments
					
			
																				
			Maureen O'Brien		
				
																						
			April 24, 2023		
				
		
		
			My latest book is born of three words, gather the fragments, and I invite you here to share them, no matter what you believe.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						St. Gianna Beretta Molla: Trusting God Alone
					
			
																				
			Melanie Rigney		
				
																						
			April 19, 2023		
				
		
		
			Turning over control to God can be challenging when our expertise and knowledge make the surrender more complicated, as was the case with Gianna Beretta Molla.		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Christianity at Its Best—and Worst
					
			
																				
			David Dault, PhD		
				
																						
			April 18, 2023		
				
		
		
			They say you’ll never meet an atheist in a foxhole. But what about in a swimming pool?		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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