Bearings Online Articles on Vocation Hospitality, Mercy, and ServicePatrick Henry interviews Sister Dolores Schuh, truly a "Collegeville Great," as she prepares to turn 90.Read more »The Foolish Hope of a Good Power"Good Power" is forged from vulnerability and safe spaces, vulnerability met with love and support, and good power raises up leaders who do the same.Read more »Motherhood is Not Inevitable: An Excerpt from “Someone Other Than a Mother”"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."Read more »Exploring Impeded Vocations and AscensiontideLiza Anderson discusses vocation from the inside: what happens when your heart's desire and the world's opportunities don't match? Read more »Honoring the BodyHow does one respond when one's vocation is challenged by chronic illness? Read more »Essential Workers, Insufficient FundsThose working in retail, the food industry, childcare, and eldercare are essential workers and deserve a living wage for the essential service and hard work they provide.Read more »Called to the Radical Welcome of GodMy defiant search for a church finally led me to places that expect Pride Sunday every Sunday.Read more »Green and Navy Argyle SocksOften it is the stories we hear in living rooms of our childhood that inspire us to tell our own, or others' stories to bring life to the community. Read more »Listening for Our Call on the ThresholdFor churches and people of faith, now is the time to connect with our deepest callings and see how we want to move forward "prayerfully, joyfully, and lovingly participating in creation."Read more »A God Who Cleaves: Coming Out, Parents, and Queerness"After college, I began to discover new tools for interpreting the Bible that allowed me, for the first time, to imagine myself as a whole person within my faith."Read more »
