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Finding Stillness: A Personal Reflection on Centering Prayer
June 16th, 2025
As I wrap up my first week as a children and youth ministry intern, I’m feeling grateful, challenged, and deeply encouraged. This week was full of introductions, new rhythms, and meaningful experience... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 47
April 20th, 2025
Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the ApostlesLuke 8:1–3 | John 20:1–18 Mary Magdalene’s name echoes through the Gospels like a whisper turning into a shout. She was one of Jesus’ most faithful disciples, a ... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 46
April 19th, 2025
Pandita Ramabai, Scholar and ActivistJames 2:14–17 | John 18:1–19:37 Holy Saturday is a day of stillness and shadows, a day in between. The cross is behind us. The resurrection has not yet come. It is... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 45
April 18th, 2025
Dorothy Day, WorkerJames 2:14–17 | John 18:1–19:37 On Good Friday, we enter the stillness and sorrow of the crucifixion. We stand at the foot of the cross and bear witness to Jesus—beaten, betrayed, m... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 44
April 17th, 2025
Karen Oliveto, Bishop and LeaderActs 10:34–35 | John 13:1–35 On Maundy Thursday, we return to the table. We return to the towel and the basin. We return to Jesus, who bends low in love, kneeling to wa... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 43
April 16th, 2025
Catherine of Siena, Mystic and TheologianEphesians 1:7–10 | Hebrews 12:1–3 Catherine of Siena (1347–1380) burned with a love that consumed her entirely. A Dominican laywoman, mystic, theologian, and r... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 42
April 15th, 2025
Harriet Tubman, Conductor and SuffragetteIsaiah 41:10 | John 12:20–36 Harriet Tubman (c. 1822–1913) walked in the light when all around her was darkness. Born into slavery, she escaped to freedom in t... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 41
April 14th, 2025
Patrick Cheng, Theologian and PriestJohn 1:1–14 | John 12:1–11 Patrick S. Cheng is a queer theologian and Episcopal priest whose work challenges the church to rediscover the heart of Christian doctrin... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 40
April 13th, 2025
Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and TheologianLuke 19:28–40 | Philippians 2:5–11 The branches shake. The donkey brays. The people cry out. Palm Sunday is not a quiet procession. It is the stirring of eart... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 39
April 12th, 2025
Katherine Johnson, Mathematician Psalm 19:1–4 | Leviticus 23:1–8 Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was a pioneering mathematician and one of the brilliant Black women whose calculations made space travel ... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 38
April 11th, 2025
Delores S. Williams, Womanist TheologianJohn 10:10 | Hebrews 2:10–18 Delores S. Williams (1937–2022) was a groundbreaking womanist theologian whose work reshaped the theological landscape by lifting u... Read More
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Lent 2025 Day 37
April 10th, 2025
Howard Thurman, Mystic and TheologianMatthew 5:14-16 | Psalm 31:9-16 Howard Thurman (1899–1981) was a mystic, theologian, pastor, and mentor to a generation of civil rights leaders—including Martin Lu... Read More
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