by Beth Knobbe | Dec 13, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
For many years, I spent a portion of December on mission trips to Nicaragua. Even now, Advent conjures up images of a rural mountain village, where very few decorations are needed to announce God’s arrival. We once visited a local family, who invited us to share a...
by Claudia Maxson | Dec 9, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
As the calendar year draws to a close and Christmas looms large before us, the Church begins a new liturgical year. Instead of focusing on all the decorating and gift-giving, Advent provides us with a time to slow down and reflect on the true meaning of the coming of...
by Gretchen Crowder | Dec 6, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Don’t give up on yourself because I will not give up on you. This simple phrase to me is the most important “yes” I have ever had to say in motherhood. The yes to not give up on figuring out exactly what my children need to thrive in this world. The yes to being...
by Becky Eldredge | Dec 2, 2020 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
The season of Advent is a season of understanding God’s love for us. It reminds us of God’s enduring presence in our lives through the centuries of our salvation history. We remember the long line of people God loved into existence that birthed new understandings of...