Category: Accountability
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Seeking New Band Members
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 During one visit to Cleveland for a catechetical conference, I visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. I love learning the stories of bands and how they rose to fame. I love to see artifacts of days gone by, sharing with…
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The Power of Our Actions
I voted this morning. I have a confession: a part of me didn’t want to. But I do understand my obligation. Many people have gone before me, some to the point of sacrificing their lives, so that I could have this right. I was glad I did in the end. Last night I went to…
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It All Belongs to God
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 When the collection basket passes you by at Church, what are you thinking? The reality is that your spiritual health is tied into what you think and what you do with your money. People like to say that stewardship doesn’t have to do with…
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Get This App: Reimagining the Examen
I love to find tools to help Everyday Stewards on their daily walk and today I want to share one such tool with you. If you are familiar with the Everyday Stewardship spirituality, you know that the prayers of St. Ignatius of Loyola play a big part in our daily life, especially the Suspice and…
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Never Take Freedom for Granted
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 1731 Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. By free will one shapes one’s own life. Human freedom is a…
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No Longer I
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2016 It is interesting the number of high school juniors and seniors that start getting involved in many school clubs, civic organizations, and even church activities. Don’t get me wrong. The work they do is often greatly needed in the communities in which they…
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All the Time in the World?
An Everyday Stewardship Reflection for Ascension of the Lord 2016 Nowadays I travel a good bit, which means I am away from my wife and children for periods of time, some short but some long. But what makes it easier for me, besides being able to share the Good News of Jesus with people all…
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Companions on the Journey
I recently supplied the International Catholic Stewardship Council with a reflection on St. Ignatius of Loyola, a great stewardship saint, for a newsletter of theirs. I got teased a little by the Executive Director, Michael Murphy, because he reminded me that Our Lady was held up in the US Bishop’s document on stewardship as the…
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Let Our Stewardship Convince the Cynics!
Yesterday, while listening to the Gospel about good, old, doubting Thomas, I thought about how much harder it seems for many in today’s world to believe that God is in control. This doesn’t mean we are puppets destined to simply live out a predetermined set of life experiences, but it does mean that Jesus remains,…
Tracy Earl Welliver 