Minute Meditations

God Desires Communion with Us

Linda McCullough Moore July 22, 2025

Is prayer multiple times a day for everyone? I don’t know. Nor do I know whether it is, in fact, even possible for everyone to carve out that many times a day. Some individuals’ lives are too complicated and demanding, ...

Remember the Sabbath

Ragan Sutterfield January 19, 2025

Christians have often been poor at practicing the Sabbath, imagining it to be a Jewish practice for which Jesus showed apparent disregard.

Soul to Soul

Terry Hershey January 18, 2025

Change messes with us. I wish it weren’t so. Change messes with the tidy (manageable and predictable) script we tote for mental security.

woman standing in front of a forest, wearing VRglasses and looking into the digital future.

The Sacred Now

Terry Hershey January 17, 2025

We have become skilled at (and consumed by) emotional multitasking.

God’s Love Is Always

Bruce Epperly January 16, 2025

Through all life’s changes, nothing can separate us from the love of God.

hands folded in prayer while holding a rosary

The Rosary Changes Us

Shannon K. Evans January 14, 2025

The rosary is an invitation for the Spirit to introduce new awareness of God’s presence.

Prayer Is Never Ours

Fr. Gary Caster January 13, 2025

Perhaps the most beautiful truth about prayer is that it is never really ours.

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