Itโs funny how, since my full-time job has started up, I haven't even had the brain space to think about writing long-form pieces - or anything really - like I did in the summer. So Iโm grateful for this hope*writers prompt series to officially kickstart my fall phase of writing. Iโm giving myself 30 minutes …
Weekend Reading – Labor Day
Happy weekend!! Hereโs a few of my favorite things right now... Iโm tearing through Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan. Iโm a sucker for a good memoir. Make it one by a woman a lot like me and around my age, and Iโm hooked. Plus, sheโs practically my neighbor! Is there anything better than a …
The Power of El Shaddai is on Our Bible App
Our Bible App published my Six-Day devotional on The Breasted God. Let's pray with these images of
Why I wear my Black Lives Matter t-shirt
Why I wear my Black Lives Matter shirt
Ignatian Spirituality and Teens
My writing got published at jesuits.org ! I wrote about the challenges my students face in navigating these times of existential crisis, which have spanned their entire lives and been broadcast widely on media. I document how I use tools of Ignatian spirituality to help them make sense of these wild times... Read on at …
Moral Mondays at the Border
My guest writes about her experience protesting with Repairers of the Breach at a detention facility in El Paso. We all must discern what is ours to do when faced with evil.
Weekend Reading – August 16
It's Friday again! This week flew by for me with preparing for classes and then teaching them! But I gathered up a good batch of reading and listening for you to enjoy over the weekend! The inimitable Joan Chittister got together with young, feminist theologians a few summers ago, and they all wrote pieces about …
Praying through grief with lullabies
Singing my daughter lullabies at bedtime took on new meaning as I felt my songs to be processing of the dayโs emotions.
Weekend Reading – August 7, 2019
Happy weekend! I've got a song, an art piece, and a news article for you this weekend. If you're interested in the practicalities of reparations - as I am - this piece from PBS Newshour is a worthwhile watch. It spotlights folks in favor and against. It also gives some more specifics about how reparations …
Letter to New Teachers
I have a few friends who begin their very first years of teaching this fall. This letter is written for them, but it's really for all of us. Dear first-year teacher, Itโs fine. Itโs all going to be fine. But this year will be physically, emotionally, and spiritually strenuous. You have one thing that your …

