Lisa Rutledge

A Prayer Inspired by Luke 5:33-39 Today's post is a prayer inspired by today's gospel passage.

A Prayer Inspired by Luke 5:33-39

Today's post is a prayer inspired by today's gospel passage.

Embracing the Unexpected: Insights from Luke 4:16-21 Here's what Luke 4:16-21 said to me today:

Embracing the Unexpected: Insights from Luke 4:16-21

Here's what Luke 4:16-21 said to me today:

Embracing Abundance: Choosing Gratitude Over Scarcity I’m sharing what Matthew 25: 14-30 said to me today.

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Trump Is Replacing Billy Long as I.R.S. Commissioner

"'Please enjoy a 70-minute early exit tomorrow. That way you’ll be rested for my 70th birthday Monday!' Long wrote to IRS staff..."

Trump expertly handling US taxes:

"It is unclear who will next lead the IRS, which has had 6 different people in charge this year..."

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Encouragement to Keep Going, Even When the Way Forward Is Unclear If you still struggle to have faith and hope, if you're tempted to give up, if it's ever taken you a lot of study and a lot of mistakes before you learned or accepted something, you're in the company of the apostles in the Gospel passage for May 4. And you haven't seen Jesus the way they do in the passages that come before this one.

Encouragement to Keep Going, Even When the Way Forward Is Unclear

If you still struggle to have faith and hope, if you're tempted to give up, if it's ever taken you a lot of study and a lot of mistakes before you learned or accepted something, you're in the company of the apostles in the Gospel…

What Christ’s Wounds Say After the Resurrection We read more than once in this week's Gospel that the disciples find Jesus in their midst, even though they're behind locked doors.

What Christ’s Wounds Say After the Resurrection

We read more than once in this week's Gospel that the disciples find Jesus in their midst, even though they're behind locked doors.

Don’t Leave! We’re Just Getting to the Good Part! If you're wrestling with doubt and/or confusion this Easter, you're in the company of more than one disciple.

Don’t Leave! We’re Just Getting to the Good Part!

If you're wrestling with doubt and/or confusion this Easter, you're in the company of more than one disciple.

Who Are These People and What Are They Doing? This week's gospel recalls the past but signals the start of something new. To say that Christ's Passion, the ultimate passage from the old to the new, will be painful is the epitome of an understatement. And yet it's a passage that Christ and his disciples cannot avoid. It's a passage filled with contrasts and contradictions, and it leads us to who Christ and his disciples are.

Who Are These People and What Are They Doing?

This week's gospel recalls the past but signals the start of something new. To say that Christ's Passion, the ultimate passage from the old to the new, will be painful is the epitome of an understatement. And yet it's a passage that Christ and his…

This video gives voice to my perspective better than I feel like I can right now: www.facebook.com/share/v/19Dd...

Pondering What’s Left Unsaid What stands out to me within that passage is how little Jesus says to the woman who faces being stoned for being caught in adultery. I also notice how little the woman says to Jesus.

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Federal funding supports essential services at Rosenberg Library. Those services are in jeopardy if federal funding is eliminated. Contact your Senators and Representative and urge them to save federal funding for libraries.

I love my library—but the White House is trying to dismantle the agency in charge of federal library funding. It provides jobseeker resources, technology for people with disabilities, and more.

Call Congress! Urge them to save federal funding #ForOurLibraries 👉 bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."

Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

Take action: ala.org/showup

Lost and Found in Scripture Lord, help me to discern what’s life-giving and lasting and to let go of what isn’t.

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God’s Trust and Care Helps Us Reflect It We, Abraham, Paul, and Jesus were given gifts to appreciate and work to do in the times and places we inhabit. In the course of our appreciation and our work, will get glimpses what lies beyond any time and place.

God’s Trust and Care Helps Us Reflect It

We, Abraham, Paul, and Jesus were given gifts to appreciate and work to do in the times and places we inhabit. In the course of our appreciation and our work, will get glimpses what lies beyond any time and place.

This week, Edward Martin, the interim US attorney for Washington, DC, sent a letter to the dean of Georgetown Law School threatening to investigate the school if it did not scrub its policies and curriculum of diversity and inclusion initiatives. Here is the Dean's response....

Lenten Journaling Insights: Turning Toward God It surprised me that God as provider and liberator stood out to me this week.

Lenten Journaling Insights: Turning Toward God

It surprised me that God as provider and liberator stood out to me this week.

A prayer for Pope Francis during his grave illness Loving God: As Francis, our beloved pope, suffers from grave illnesses, we come before you in prayer.

A prayer for Pope Francis during his grave illness
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

So... can we all start calling Zelenskyy the leader of the free world?

Cardinal McElroy, incoming Washington archbishop, has no plans to meet Trump The church's role in the nation's capital is not to steer policy but to give witness to those affected by national initiatives, Cardinal Robert McElroy said Feb. 27 in his final news conference as San...

The church's role in the nation's capital is not to steer policy but to give witness to those affected by national initiatives, Cardinal Robert McElroy said Feb. 27 in his final news conference as San Diego archbishop.

Fact checking dangerous liar RFK Jr.

Between 2020-2023 a total of 50-100 cases of measles.

There have been 124 cases since Feb 26.

The vaccine is effective and safe. The child who died & 18 hospitalized cases are unvaccinated

Dear friends: 'm happy to share with you a new painting of Bishop Mariann Budde, by my friend the Catholic priest and artist Fr. William Hart McNichols as well as his reflection on this new image. www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

Nourishing the Soul: Tending the Spiritual Orchard The effects of a person's words and actions reveal a person's true nature.

Nourishing the Soul: Tending the Spiritual Orchard

The effects of a person's words and actions reveal a person's true nature.

A gay Catholic on finding hope in seemingly hopeless times Contemplating small acts of kindness, and making an effort to notice beauty, goodness and compassion, can help in moments of despair.

A gay Catholic (theologian) on finding hope in seemingly hopeless times. outreach.faith/2025/02/a-ga...

A prayer for Pope Francis.

Lessons in Love and Mercy: Embracing Divine Kindness Other ways to express this week's message might be: Don't retaliate. Don't take revenge. Don't take advantage of others. Don't be selfish.

Lessons in Love and Mercy: Embracing Divine Kindness

Other ways to express this week's message might be: Don't retaliate. Don't take revenge. Don't take advantage of others. Don't be selfish.

Reflections on Privilege, Faith, and the Beatitudes Contrasts stand out. I see contrasts between fertility and barrenness, between emptiness and fullness, and between sorrow and joy.

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Four Perspectives on Encountering God An encounter with God is more than reading about God or learning about God. An encounter with God is tangible. It’s personal and intimate.

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People who stand up to power may not fix everything in a day, but they provide the necessary fuel for others, who are in great need of some inspiration, to keep fighting.