The scripture reading for today falls within a section (chapters 30-31) that foretells the beautiful vision of the restoration that God plans for the exiled people of Israel. Jeremiah announces that...

When my son was few weeks old he became very sick with what the doctors thought might be meningitis. Those few days in the hospital broke something in me. I determined...

Christmas Day is the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of God. We focus on God becoming flesh in the most humble and vulnerable form imaginable. We celebrate the...

My mother is a tutor at an elementary school, whose students include many immigrants and refugees. (In this small school there are twenty-nine languages spoken.) Every day my mom asks her...

Is peace the absence of conflict? Or is it something more? When Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9) it was in the context of his praising those who are...

Like any good Christian girl, I have heard the refrain often: As God’s people we are to clothe ourselves in humility, meekness, compassion, kindness, and patience. I have said I wanted...

There is an old story about St. Francis and a wolf that terrorized a small town. Eventually, through the power of God, Francis convinces the wolf to stop attacking people. According...

Advent is about the pain and surprising hope of waiting. We see it everywhere in scripture—including in the story of Hannah in First Samuel. We see it in her inability to...

Bodies are important to God because they are sites of healing, transformation, touch, and comfort. Nobody—no body—is disqualified from the work of God-bearing. As Mary bore Jesus into the world, so...

During this season, it’s common to hear Mark Lowry’s popular Christmas song “Mary, Did You Know?” It may appear on the radio, in the Christmas cantata, or on a favorite holiday...