Listen: Sr. Joan Chittister takes us from her experience of God as a youngster alone in a church to her rejection of the all-male stereotype of a God imagined by men, to a God that cannot fit into convenient descriptions.
"Cultivating a culture of synodality is filled with promise," writes Sr. Colleen Gibson, "though not without the growing pains that come with allowing our hearts and minds to be reformed by the Spirit."
Scripture for Life: Adam and Eve might be the perfect patron saints for this moment when our church is moving into the second session of the synod on synodality, or, we could say, the synod on becoming more together.
Scripture for Life: To act prophetically is to speak truth to power, knowing that the prophetic word is always a graced word, no matter how foreboding or harsh that word may have to be.
Scripture for Life: Today when we confront obnoxious self-aggrandizing, bullying, divisive people, these readings challenge us to the core. When we find ourselves provoked and tending toward retaliation, James calls us to tame ourselves.
Scripture for Life: The Gospel message always aims to alter our perceptions. Discipleship carries no insurance policy. Following Jesus is a risky proposition.
Scripture for Life: Our world is in desperate need of listeners, of people who can approach the violent with a kiss and who can receive revelation from very different points of view.
In a decades-old letter, Mother Teresa provides a definition of giving that is as simple as Jesus' teaching about the poor widow's contribution: a gift from abundance does not have the same meaning as a gift with a sacrifice.
