Pause+Pray

Reflect Jesus was a radical who engaged in public protest in an effort to reform the Judaism of his time. He spoke out on behalf of the poor, the migrant, the outsider, encouraging us all to embrace the marginalized. His ...

Reflection Interruptions can be annoying. They can cause you to lose your focus or delay the completion of a task. Interruptions can also be messages and messengers from God. When you are interrupted, pause a moment to pray. Pause and ...

Reflect Sometimes we don’t even notice its presence–think of all the places where music fills your life: in your house, the car, in stores, at church.   Pray Today I give thanks for all the songsthat’ve gotten me through.The melodies and ...

Reflect In her late 70s, my mother once said, “Growing old is not for the feint-hearted.” The greatest emotional/spiritual challenge of growing old is fear. Some fear the afterlife. Others fear the process of dying. Most fear becoming disabled to ...

Reflect The past few years have been difficult for us all. There have been many instances when we have found ourselves wading in the high waters, looking out in the fog, hoping and praying for land on the horizon—for a ...

Reflect Today’s moral dualism and tribalism fuels media traffic, political campaigns, and ultimately leads to caricaturing, labeling, and overgeneralizing people who are different from ourselves. St. Francis also navigated a divided age yet was stirred to embrace the “other,” for ...