Lent
How to Step Outside Yourself this Ash Wednesday
It’s coming. Lent starts in less than two weeks on Ash Wednesday. For most Newman centers, more people show up on Ash Wednesday than any other day of the year. There’s something about this day that...
Continual Growth
Avoiding Gossip is Hard — Here’s My Advice
I’ve struggled for a few years now with giving up gossip. It’s not for lack of trying or poor motivation. I know gossip has no place in healthy relationships. I’ve experienced firsthand how...
Faith
How Do We Protect Our Peace?
The word “peace” is thrown around a lot. We hear it in the context of global events as commentators hypothesize about “world peace”; it’s brought up in wellness spaces as people seek to find “inner...
Continual Growth
Accepting Grace Doesn’t Always Look Graceful
Many of us carry the weight of intergenerational family trauma, the scars of abuse, the burden of addiction, or the haunting shadows from tragic life events or active combat. Broken experiences,...