The Providence Podcast

What is your capacity to be amazed by God? And after you’ve had a moving spiritual experience, and things fade back to ordinariness – what then? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! At God Space, you can come as you are. You belong here. God...

As Jesus proclaims the word of God to the people of his hometown, the scripture he reads is fulfilled in their hearing — but they don’t want to hear it. How often do you listen to God, especially when God calls you to grow? And to what is God calling you right now? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscri...

“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” We tend to use this reading from First Corinthians to affirm community and unity in diversity, and that it does. However, when we think about real life in communities and families, how does a diversity of gifts manifest? Do we really affirm the gifts in each person? And do we appreciate our own gifts? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP...

Why is it easier to believe in our brokenness than our belovedness? Doubts and fears are part of the human experience, but so is being loved. How do we normalize living as God’s Beloved? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! At God Space, you can...

What a promising proclamation: Our light has come! Emmanuel is with us! Rise up from any hopelessness, anxiety, despair, from anything that binds you. Rise up! The glory of God has come, and that glory shines on you. by Sister Barbara Rohe, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www. GodSpaceCommunity.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podca...

None of our families is ideal, and each of them is holy. Our broken and imperfect families, our grieving families, our struggling families are holy in our striving, not in our perfection. It’s God who makes us holy. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcast...

Prophets don’t predict the future. They speak a word of hope; they speak for God. God keeps making promises, and when those are fulfilled, God makes more promises. Blessed are we who believe. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! At God Space, you can...

Rejoicing may not be on the surface of our consciousness. Some days we may have to dig down into ourselves to find it, but the Spirit guides us. It is for the good of ourselves and the world, and it’s needed badly. By Sister Alice Gerdeman, CDP Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcast...

What does it mean to be at home? What memories do you have of being home, both pleasant and difficult? What does it mean to come home to yourself? Listen as Sr. Fidelis Tracy, CDP helps us to deepen our understanding of what it means to find our way home. Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get you...

The kind of hope that comes from God reassures us of God’s love and presence, both in the future and right now, in this moment, in this first week of Advent, with all that’s happening and all that will unfold. For Reflection: Have you ever experienced the hollowness of fear? What was it like? How was god with you in that fear? How do you experience God in the present moment? Do you trust that God...

What does it mean to belong to God’s kingdom, this realm not of this world? All we have to do to belong is listen and recognize the truth. We don’t have to work hard to belong to Christ; Christ welcomes all of us with love and compassion, and all we have to do is recognize it. For Reflection: What do you feel like you need to let go of? What needs to be refreshed in your life? What truth is God tr...

Maybe the world is ending, but it probably isn’t. Maybe things are worse now, but they probably aren’t. Or, if they are, the world will likely right itself, or we will work to make things right. God does offer us God’s love and presence and care. Sometimes we have to work a little harder to notice it. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsle...

So, we keep showing up. We trust that our two cents are enough. Even when we don’t see much effect from our efforts, we keep showing up because God provides us with any coins we have and they don’t belong to us. Everything we have is for the service of the kingdom of God. And humanity. And creation. We show up together, and we keep showing up, and we give what we have. And God makes that enough. b...

In this culture in which everything is so intense and busy, how do we follow God's commandments to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength? And as we love our neighbors, how do we love ourselves? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever yo...

This Sunday, we get to spend some time with Bartimaeus. What can we learn from this disciple’s encounter with Jesus, and how would you answer Jesus’s question: “What do you want me to do for you?” by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your po...

God who is almighty does not hold power over us but seeks to be deeply with us. How do we open ourselves to God who wants to be close to us? And how do we mirror that loving presence to other people? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠ www. GodSpaceCommunity.com ⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your p...

All things are possible with God, and people can change if we want to. If we’re open, we can grow into the people God calls us to be. It’s not something we can grow into on our own, but with God’s help, all things are possible. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Providence Podca...

Each of us is a vulnerable, awkward human in need of connection and relationship. When things are good, it’s easy to feel self-sufficient, but that’s not real. We belong in community. There’s no need for us to be alone. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠⁠ . Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherev...

Jesus uses strong words, but his message is simple: limit the things that make gospel living harder, have holy boundaries, and when it comes to knowing who’s with us or not, “whoever is not against us is for us.” by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at ⁠www. GodSpaceCommunity.com⁠ . Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you ge...

There’s no getting ahead in the Christian life. Each of us is dependent, called to disciple like a child, open to life as it unfolds and trusting that God is with us, taking care of us. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www. GodSpaceCommunity.com . Subscribe to the Providence Podcast wherever you get your podcasts! At God Space...

Jesus asks his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” and it’s clear that he wants them to know him for who he is. There’s something about all of us that wants to be understood, isn’t there? Ultimately, we want to be loved, but to be loved, we also have to be known. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www. GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subsc...

This week we encounter Jesus as he heals a deaf person with the words, “Be opened.” His invitation to openness shows that the problem isn’t an illness that can be cured but a closedness that can opened. How open are you when it comes to speaking your truth? When it comes to listening to others? How open is your heart? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive...

Jesus is calling us to alignment between our attitudes and our actions, an authentic living out of our faith. He's interested in transforming the whole of us, and if we’re open, we allow that transformation to happen, just as it happened to him. by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www. GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the...

Whether we stay or go, God is still with us. Christ accompanies us, and we accompany Christ in the company of each other. Yes, sometimes it’s hard. Sometimes we don’t want to persevere, but somehow, by the grace of God, we do. How could we not? To whom shall we go? You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www. GodSpaceCommunity.com. Subscribe to the Providence Po...

May we journey up to the mountaintop with Jesus and his companions and encounter God too. As Jesus revealed the fullness of who he is, may we reveal the fullness of who we are before God and those closest to us. And may we each hear God proclaim that we are God’s beloved too, because we are. You can read the reflection and sign up to receive our weekly newsletter at www. GodSpaceCommunity.com. Sub...