Staging Creation May 11, 2022 By Janet R. Kirchheimer & Jaclyn Piudik 1 Comment Reading this poem, let the syllables, as the act of Creation, roll over you. Abstract and concrete, emotional and rational, evocative and literal, consider with the poets all that was created those "first days."
Motherhood is Not Inevitable: An Excerpt from “Someone Other Than a Mother” May 6, 2022 By Erin Lane Leave a Comment "Our people, which is to say White, Christian, American people, do love a good adoption story. We are nothing if not optimistic about the salvific power of family."
Noah’s Wife Remembers May 4, 2022 By Jane Mary Curran Leave a Comment Jane Mary Curran offers a vision of Noah's wife remembering the flood, the losses and the grief one carries after such a season of losses.
Meeting Henri Nouwen April 28, 2022 By Timothy Jones 6 Comments My brush with Nouwen in the aisles of his archives inspired me, but the more profound meeting happened in an unexpected place.
The Call to Stepmother April 25, 2022 By Susan Sink 2 Comments Being a stepmother is a paradigm of the Christian life: you enter a broken situation and try to live with grace.
Evening, First Day of the Week April 20, 2022 By Regina Bechtle 3 Comments Gathered, hiding, in the upper room, the apostles and close disciples are confounded by Jesus' appearance and what he says to them.
Where Faith and Trauma Recovery Meet April 18, 2022 By Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez 2 Comments People in ministry need to go "into the pit" of their own trauma in order to create a safe space and sit in uncomfortable spaces with others processing trauma.
The Last Supper April 14, 2022 By Cathy Warner 1 Comment Cathy Warner invites Christians to enter fully into the story of the apostles at the Last Supper in this lyric essay.
Book Notes, April 2022 April 11, 2022 By Collegeville Institute Leave a Comment Learn about new books by Collegeville Institute authors Jessica Hooten Wilson, Peter A. Huff, and Darrell Jodock.
Postcolonial Faith: Grappling with the Legacy of Missionaries in my Family April 4, 2022 By Kai (Sarah) Ngu 1 Comment Kai (Sarah) Ngu considers the legacy of their family's relationship with an American missionary and how Christianity contributes to their parents' ongoing feelings of racial inferiority.
