Sue Stanton

Sue Stanton is a journalist and author of Great Women of Faith: Inspiration for Action. She writes from Ames, Iowa.

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A bird feeder hanging from a snow-covered tree (Unsplash/Ralph Katieb)

Why pay attention to sparrows?

Soul Seeing: In the winter, birdwatching can teach us spiritual lessons.

Gravestones stand near church.

A parish columbarium offers a quiet place where the soul beholds life

One parish finds renewed — and surprising — life when it adds a columbarium to its grounds.

Woodworking tools on a wooden table

Sacred art opens the eye of the beholder

Some sacred art makes us sad, some uplift our spirits, but both work in harmony to inform us of the complexity of life. 

The first full-color image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Known as Webb's First Deep Field, the cluster is seen in a composite made from images at different wavelengths taken with a near-infrared camera and released July 11, 2022. (OSV News/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, Handout via Reuters)

A Native American prayer practice for when the world feels too big

The Way of the Three Steps prayer practice can alleviate anxiety and help us refocus on the act of giving ourselves fully to God, writes Sue Stanton.

An Israeli border policeman stands guard not far from Ramallah, West Bank, May 17, 2019, as Palestinians make their way to attend Friday prayer at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. (CNS/Reuters/Raneen Sawafts)

The gift of five No. 1 steel knitting needles

Soul Seeing: Knitting has taught me about peace, the kind of peace that is intangible, but more real than a 20-foot-high concrete wall in Palestine, covered in the graffiti of despair and rage.

Walking on water at the community pool

Soul Seeing: This precious commodity of community water has been set aside just for this purpose — for healing and rejuvenation, to be shared by everyone in this brief time in space.

How do you grandmother in this complicated world?

World Food Prize winners receiving award for efforts to biofortify foods

Jesus, wash my ugly, dirty, swollen feet, wash all of me

World Food Prize recipient has worked with the poor for more than 40 years

Iowa Hunger Summit teaches students about food availability worldwide

Groundbreaking work in wheat production garners World Food Prize win

Ending the winter of my discontent

Five arrested at protest of World Food Prize in Des Moines

Developer of drip irrigation technique wins World Food Prize

Nuns on the Bus kicks off nationwide tour in Iowa

In Jordan, Benedict can find partners against extremism

 

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