Category Archives: Sheryl O’Connor

Sep 10 2020

Authentic Love

Click here for daily readings Me: “Hi, Sweetie, can I help you find a spot?” Second Grade Sweetie: “I know why you call me Sweetie.” Me: (feeling slightly panicked) “Why?” Second Grade...

Aug 25 2020

Living and Effective

Click here for daily readings “The word of God is living and effective, able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.” Today’s Gospel is part of a succession of statements from Jesus which begi...

Aug 10 2020

Letting Go

Click here for daily readings A colleague and I were discussing the age-old dilemma of finding new people to step up and share leadership in an organization. It doesn’t matter what type of organization you are in, t...

Jul 25 2020

What’s the Point?

Click here for daily readings It is so easy to lose our focus. Like the mother of James and John, it is so-so easy to become infatuated with the world’s definition of success and to completely miss the point. We are fami...

Jul 15 2020

Form and Function

Click here for daily readings In the study of science, form and function refers to the relationship between the structure of a thing and the way it functions. Today’s Gospel reading gives us a beautiful opportunity to look...

Jul 10 2020

Shrewdly Simple

Click here for daily readings “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.” Similes are very specific types of metaphors. (English teacher moment; ...

Mar 09 2020

Let it Shine

Click here for daily readings It’s March in Michigan and the sun is shining. The bright blue sky, the amazing lightness is almost a shock to the system. Somehow as winter ends, you don’t really realize how much the c...

Feb 17 2020

Seeing Signs

Click here for daily readings “He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, ‘Why does this generation seek a sign?:’” -Mark 8:12 There are four thousand hungry people who had come to a deserted place ...

Feb 01 2020

The Tempest of Envy

Click here for daily readings “We fight one another, and envy arms us against one another…. If everyone strives to unsettle the Body of Christ, where shall we end up? We are engaged in making Christ’s Body a c...

Jan 18 2020

Anointed, Now What?

Click here for daily readings “The anointing with sacred chrism, perfumed oil consecrated by the bishop, signifies the gift of the Holy Spirit to the newly baptized, who has become a Christian, that is, one “anointed...

Jan 02 2020

Pointing the Way

Click here for daily readings “John answered them, I baptize with water, but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.” Each of the...

Dec 20 2019

O Key of David

Click here for daily readings The reality of my failure to plan appropriately for this season is beginning to show. The super cute cardboard houses that I just had to paint and cover with glitter so they could decorate our home ...

Dec 17 2019

Foundational Wisdom

Click here for daily readings So what is the deal with the list of ancestors? In the Gospels, we get Jesus’ genealogy, not once but twice! Since nothing happens in the Bible without a purpose, we can only ask, “Why?&...

Dec 06 2019

Hospitality

Click here for daily readings When he entered the house, the blind men approached him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?” There is a beautiful subtlety to this story that often gets overlook...

Nov 28 2019

To Be Human

Click here for daily readings “And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high because your liberation is near at...

Nov 23 2019

Follow the Thread

Click here for daily readings When I was studying for my Master’s degree in leadership, I remember one of my professors emphasizing not to get hung up on the complaints that people bring, but to listen behind the questions...

Nov 12 2019

Tis The Season

Click here for daily readings Oh my goodness! We are quickly rounding into the middle of November. All Hallow’s Eve passed in a flash, and immediately the Black Friday Christmas sales started. We are hearing all about how ...

Oct 25 2019

Read the Signs and Act

Click here for daily readings Bonus Post! Jesus has some pretty strong words for us in today’s readings. This whole week, it seems Luke is full of the types of readings that we would rather skim over and get on to somethin...

Oct 07 2019

Hi, My Name is Jonah

Click here for daily readings “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it; their wickedness has come up before me.” And so Jonah’s story begins with a crystal clear message from God about what...

Sep 27 2019

Who Do You Say I Am?

Click here for daily readings Opinion (noun) a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge We form opinions all the time. What (or who) we like, what we don’t like, what we want to e...