by Elizabeth Aceves | May 28, 2023 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
How do I Stand in my Call? Over the past few weeks, “Into the Deep” writers have shared their personal stories about following through on their calling, despite facing challenges. Scripture tells us that the needs of those around us drive our calling. The...
by Jen Coito | May 21, 2023 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Hope, Uncategorized
What if I Can’t See a Way to Use My Gifts? When I dump out the 500 pieces of a new puzzle, the colors and shapes all jumble together. All the pieces are there but the picture those pieces will form is still fragmented. Gradually, as I work, the nuances of color,...
by Mary Ann Gessner | May 14, 2023 | Faith in Action, Hope
Responding to the Suffering we see with Jesus “Everything you need is in the room.” “Trust the process.” These are the two sentences I have lived and learned with for the past 12 months of Chaplaincy training. Much of our work with hospital patients is entering a...
by Kristen Schenk | May 7, 2023 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Overcoming the Overwhelm: When a Call Feels Like Too Much As people of faith, we have no shortage of spiritual figures to whom we can look as models of hearing and heeding a call from God. There are countless examples (some of my personal inspirations below in “Go...
by Beth Knobbe | Apr 30, 2023 | Catholic, Discernment, Faith in Action
How Does God Want Me To Use My Gifts? As a high school student, I competed in extemporaneous speaking on our speech team. Most of my classmates were intimidated by ‘extemp’! On the day of a competition, participants had one hour to prepare an original speech based on...
