Messy Jesus Business

Episode 59 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "One needs to be looking for Christ in the world, not for the mistakes the world makes about Christ.” - Phyllis Zagano IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with scholar, author and lecturer Dr. Phyl...

Episode 58 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "We’re shaped … and affected by what we love, what we care about, what we pay attention to, what we admire.” - Robert Ellsberg IN THIS EPISODE "Our faith is rooted not in maxims, but in a narrative," shares publisher and editor-in-chief of Orbis Book...

Episode 57 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "Readers complete a text. And so storytelling is a collaborative activity.” - Liam Callanan IN THIS EPISODE “The act of listening is a very powerful one,” begins Liam Callanan in conversation with Sister Julia Walsh as her guest in Episode 57 of the...

Episode 56 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "Community extends beyond just a group I belong to... we need to extend that belonging to fellow human beings, no matter who they are." –Teré Maya IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh gets into the mess of commu...

Episode 55 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "We all will be affected by climate change... can we learn how to understand each other as shared participants in this project of being on earth together?" –Dorothy Fortenberry IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Wal...

Episode 54 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "Imagine if we ripped the roof off to make accommodation for the vulnerable... to make them able to get close." –David Dault IN THIS EPISODE In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh gets into the mess of spirituality with scholar,...

Episode 53 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with author, scholar, and translator of spiritual texts Carmen Acevedo Butcher about the messiness of spirituality, healing and relationship. Together they dis...

Episode 52 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More "Christ is The Way and whatever is in the way is The Way." - Sister Eileen McKenzie crosses on the camino de santiago. April 2017. photo by julia walsh FSPA IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks wi...

Episode 51 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:  Stitcher | Email | RSS | More IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Ivan Ng during her visit to Singapore for the International Conference on Cohesive Societies in September 2022. They explore Ivan's conversion to becoming...

Episode 1, Season 6 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh. "When you are in a place of paradox, you're on holy ground." - Sister Julia Walsh LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this very special episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh takes on the role of podcast guest, and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the conceptualization of Messy Jesus Business Podcas...

Season 5, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "Going barefoot connects me to the Earth, which connects me to the whole." - Sister Roselyn Heil LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with "Nature Nun" Sister Roselyn Heil about energy, oneness, and the physics of spirituality. "Everything is energy,...

Season 5, episode 8 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "There's an emptiness...there's a hole we are perpetually trying to fill....and the hole is God." -Brother Matt Wooters LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Brother Matt Wooters about how he became a Jesuit, and his work in vocations. "I think s...

Season 5, Episode 7 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "We have more than one calling, depending on the will of God." - Judith Valente LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh talks with authors Judith Valente and Brother Paul Quenon about their motivations behind the book they most recently co-authored. They discuss call...

Season 5, episode 6 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "I found the courage somewhere to take the step, and once I took the step, it was reaffirmed."-Sister Jenny Wilson LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Sister Jenny Wilson about how she became a Sister of Mercy and her life-changing experience o...

Season 5, episode 5, of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. Photos by Scott Langley. "We are called to create, where nothing exists." - Sister Helen Prejean LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Sister Helen Prejean, who is known for her work to end the death penalty. They discuss how Sister Helen became...

Episode 4, season 5 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "Everything is a spiritual experience, and has the opportunity to provide meaning for you."-Gary Jansen LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, public speaker and author Gary Jansen talks with Sister Julia Walsh about everything from the supernatural to the spirituality of the...

Episode 3, Season 5 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "The spiritual life is a journey in discipline." - Dr. C. Vanessa White LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Dr. C. Vanessa White and Sister Julia Walsh talk about what healthy spirituality looks like, the importance of balance, and the value of knowing who one is so we can offer ou...

Season 5, Episode 2 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "Little by little, you can make a difference in people's lives."-Adrienne Alexander LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Adrienne Alexander about her family's faith beginnings and how she got involved in politics, social justice and the labor mo...

Season 5, Episode 1 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "I want to dignify and honor the real emotions that kids have, whether it's joy or grief."- Jennifer Grant LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh talks with author Jennifer Grant about how the call to serve can be both internal and external, and the importance of st...

Season 4, Episode 10 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "When I say everyone belongs, everyone belongs." - AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh talks with AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez about how she found her way to Christianity and justice work. They talk about creativity and social change, how they can i...

Season 4, Episode 9 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "I go, and I think I'm bringing Church to them; Church is already there." - Deacon Pablo Perez LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: Sister Julia Walsh talks with Deacon Pablo Perez about how he became a deacon and chaplain at Chicago's Cook and Lake County Jails, after being a gang member himself. "I was just as reckless a...

Season 4, Episode 8 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. "Once we surrender into that place of the Divine...we're moving in the waters of the holy."-Beverly Lanzetta LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: Sister Julia Walsh talks with theologian, author and teacher Beverly Lanzetta how she lives out her call to surrender to the Divine and be a contemplative guide, and how loving a...

In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Paul Engler, author, activist and community organizer. They explore the integration of spiritual life and social justice work, and--in spite of the dominant culture's focus on individualism--how community is necessary to bring about social change.

"Let yourself be broken. Let yourself suffer. Cling to Christ through it."- Tessa Bielecki Season 4, Episode 6 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh. LISTEN HERE: IN THIS EPISODE: In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Tessa Bielecki about pain and the healing process: how they forge transformation, and how suffering can help us to know union...

Sister Julia Walsh talks with Ellen Salmi van Cleef and Joshua van Cleef about how they became missionaries serving in Eastern Kentucky, and how being a missionary today is about presence.