November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, a time to raise awareness about care for people coping with life-limiting …Read More
Category: Features
‘Jesus, I surrender to you!’: A heart surgery patient’s journey
By Diane Oetken VanDuzen Guest Column I stepped out of the stuffy waiting room into the coolness of the hospital …Read More
Dying leaves mark the path to beauty of the soul
By Jenna Ebener A reflection I love the fall. I live in Colorado for a reason; I can never get …Read More
Entering ‘the cloud of witnesses’
By Hal Green Pondering Prayer Whenever you pray, you enter into what has been called “the cloud of God,” as …Read More
Blessing each other without crosses
By Kathy Berken On Deck Decades ago, I attended a social-justice-immersion retreat in Rochester, New York, and participated in a …Read More
Spreading our light in the world
By Jenna Ebener A reflection I drink tea every night and was really noticing my mug the other day. It …Read More
Teens gain a ‘Vision’ of God working in their lives
By Kelly Bush and Barb Arland-Fye The Catholic Messenger A group of five teens from the Davenport Diocese joined hundreds …Read More