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Handy Contemplative Practices for Political Spaces

How can we bring contemplative leadership into political dialogue and polarized spaces that have a high tendency to trigger arguments? read more

11/6/2025 1:26:24 AM by Sarah Forti

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Halloween: The Holiday of Loving Your Neighbor

In my neighborhood which receives hundreds of trick-or-treaters, Halloween is the holiday neighborly love. read more

10/31/2025 6:16:09 PM by Sarah Forti

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Trusting Jesus's Hard Parables: The Shrewd Manager

In our eternal home, when the money is gone, the friends are still there, because money is not the treasure of the Kingdom of God. read more

10/9/2025 11:22:41 PM by Sarah Forti

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How Mary and the Good Samaritan teach us to Press Pause

This is a time to press pause in order to listen to that invitation, recognizing that Jesus is teaching and discipling you in that moment. read more

7/25/2025 12:45:29 AM by Sarah Forti

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How Pentecost Challenges our False Stories

Where is the Spirit moving in us and in our world today? Where is the Spirit of Truth loosening tongues today? read more

6/9/2025 7:25:59 PM by Sarah Forti

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How Jesus Teaches us to Respond to Suffering

This is about love. Not loving feelings, but a dirty hands kind of love. The love that spreads manure around the base of a dying tree. read more

3/27/2025 6:41:17 PM by Sarah Forti

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Love Your Enemy: The Strength to Follow Jesus' Hardest Call

Jesus isn’t asking us to like people, he’s teaching us that He loves people. If the love of God is growing within us, then it also grows our capacity to love others. read more

2/24/2025 3:18:16 PM by Sarah Forti

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Cast the Net Again: Being Fishers of Men

Jesus teaches our hearts to hope. He grows within us an abundance of faith so that we can cast our net again. read more

2/11/2025 1:41:22 AM by Sarah Forti

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Remembering Our Baptism with Narnia

Part of living into our Baptism is taking a stand against evil, not by attacking others, but by renouncing the things that hinder our ability to love. read more

1/24/2025 11:37:24 PM by Sarah Forti

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The Gospel Message in Mary's Magnificat

In her song, Mary isn’t just telling salvation history, she’s telling her story of what God has done for her. read more

12/27/2024 12:47:30 AM by Sarah Forti

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The Spiritual Value of Longing in Advent

Taking time for the season of Advent helps us to receive the season of Christmas when we allow ourselves to experience that sense of anticipation and longing. read more

12/4/2024 12:02:48 AM by Sarah Forti

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Building Up Spiritual Endurance

The phrase "spiritual endurance" came to me as I was reflecting on two 2024 films this week. read more

11/19/2024 9:54:05 PM by Sarah Forti

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Love Your Neighbor During Election Season

I worry that our current political landscape is reducing my capacity to love my neighbor, and I am trying to fight back against that. read more

10/29/2024 7:47:20 PM by Sarah Forti

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