Spirituality & Sport: Play Like It Matters
Susan Saint Sing, PhD
July 25, 2024
The impetus to play is intended to help us transcend our base nature and advance humankind by the grace of God to Olympic heights.
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Spirituality & Sport: Training to Be Present
Darleen Pryds, PhD
July 24, 2024
Perhaps in the only way I am like any of the elite athletes who compete at the Olympics, I can sometimes let circumstances overwhelm me or distract me from being present in the moment.
Spirituality & Sport: Swimming in Grace
Patty Crawford
July 23, 2024
Through swimming and my dad, I helped to learn this immense love from God.
Pray the News
Albert Haase, OFM
July 22, 2024
There is a subtle temptation to reduce the spiritual life to a relationship between “me and Jesus.” We wrongfully treat others and the world as distractions.
Spirituality & Sport: Pickleball in the Franciscan Tradition
Kelly McEniry
July 22, 2024
A pickleball enthusiast draws parallels between her favorite sport and the Franciscan tradition.
Fear of Want
Herman Sutter
July 20, 2024
The fear of want drives many of us. From sunrise to sunset we worry about whether there will be enough: enough money, enough time, enough food on the table.
Graced with the Color Green
Carol Ann Morrow
July 18, 2024
Despite the reported fragility of our earth, we still see grass in the cracks of sidewalks and evergreens with their perennial promise.
Firstfruits
Maureen O'Brien
July 17, 2024
Today, reflect on this passage where the word firstfruits appears: “But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor 15:20).
The Sacred Wisdom of the Elderly
Patricia Breen McNeil
July 16, 2024
In Western culture, sometimes there is a lack of respect and care for the elderly among us. There is such wisdom, virtue, and strength of character we can learn and appreciate from the generations older than us.
Grateful for the Ordinary
Kathy Coffey
July 14, 2024
A still life painter or an artistic photographer helps us see something as ordinary as bread, bird or pear with new appreciation. If we don’t pause to thank, we might assume such mini-blessings will always be there.