Today I’m talking with Cameron Bellm. About a year ago, she started publishing her writing on Instagram- and, y’all, it blew up!
Jesuit Volunteer Alumni Feature
I was honored to write a piece for my friends at Jesuit Volunteer Corps, reflecting on the seeds that God planted in me 20 years ago during my year of service in Detroit with JVC. I came into JVC with my God in a neat little box. It was a pretty box, decorated with Bible …
On a Mission: Season Two Is Back!
We're back, y'all! It's time to listen to another season of inspired and inspiring people who are living their missions in the world. Today I’m talking with Brian Stanley, an education nonprofit executive living in Oakland. He’s a Black Catholic man raising two Black boys, along with his amazing wife, Celeste. He talks about his …
Book Review:
Call and Response: Litanies for Congregational Prayer http://www.franpratt.com/call-and-response As my long-time readers know, I have a soft spot for evangelical Christian women. I don’t mean the stereotype (rigid, homophobic, Trumpers), but the ones who genuinely love Jesus so, so much and say “just” a lot in their verbal, extemporaneous prayers. “Heavenly Father, we just want …
Practicing Enneagram Wisdom
Though each of us is naturally centered in a certain place, it is the task of our lifetimes to become more practiced at engaging our non-dominant centers and engaging our dominant centers as mindfully as possible.
Catholic Women Preach: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It's a familiar Gospel story - the parable of the Sower. It's my deep hope that the soil is rich enough right now to support sustained progress toward racial healing.
Teaching During a Pandemic
I'm proud to have written these two pieces on addressing some challenges of teaching online during a global pandemic. They were published by the Wabash Journal on Teaching at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Check out both posts here:
Redwoods and Resurrection
Photo credit Matthew Kwong Redwood Forest, East Warburton, Australia “As pastor, I am obliged by divine order to give my life for those I love, that is all Salvadorans, even those who will assassinate me. If they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadoran People”.~ Oscar Romero The scientific name of the Coast …
Awe.
The other night, my daughter pulled out her first two loose teeth. She grasped at the one that had been wiggly for weeeeeeks… and it came out. Emboldened by the painlessness of this process (I think), she messed with that tooth’s neighbor and out it came about 10 minutes later.
Waiting in Joyful Hope – An Advent Reflection
Here's the reflection I wrote for the 2019 Advent series published by my alma mater, Jesuit School of Theology:
Molleen Dupree-Dominguez 