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Maria’s Story—a story from spiritual accompaniment told by Angela Rogerson My Evolving Understanding of Incarnation by Henrietta Adindu, SHCJ—a reflection from the perspective of directing the Spiritual Exercises Bread Broken for All by Gloria Okoh, SHCJ—Incarnation seen through the image of bread broken and shared We are the body—reflections by Emmanuella Akweongo, Louisa Ayirah & Mary Lawrence, SHCJ on being the embodiment of Christ today
Our Incarnational Spirit—Chika Eze, SHCJ reflects in a 2-minute video on being a lecturer in the Guidance & Counseling Department of Veritas University, which she calls a good way to live our incarnational spirit Embodiment—Resources for Prayer on Christ’s body and our own bodies Called to Life in Abundance—personal reflections by Philomena Aidoo, SHCJ Kuchigoro—Ann Durst, SHCJ reflects on a photo of women made refugees by Boko Haram & living in the Kuchigoro camp in Nigeria All This Is Incarnation—Poems and Prayers by Kate Holmstrom, SHCJ and M. Joachim Forster (R.I.P.) Incarnation Is a Mystery—original poem by Lelia Duru, SHCJ Our Warp & Weft—brief reflections by Callista Ahachi, Doris Gali, Rita Igwenagum, Amaka Okoroafor, Jacinta Ugwu, Teresa Umana, SHCJ A Constant Exuberance, by Gifty Abane, Felicity Amikiya, Louisa Huni-Dadzie, SHCJ “Dark Night of the Soil,”—book review of Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community & the Land by Norman Wirzba Ordinariness?—the poem, “What You Missed the Day You Were Absent from 4th Grade,” by Brad Aaron Modlin Building the Reign of God in South Sudan, by Cecilia Nya, SHCJ Be Yourself—Elizabeth Mary Strub, SHCJ offers the words of Pedro Arrupe on the uniqueness of each human person Our Shared Evolved Understanding—a book review & reflection by Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ Veiled in Flesh by Sarah Bachelard—excerpts from her reflection on the transfiguration of Jesus My Story—Chris Wolff tells the story of her evolving understanding of Incarnation GOD—a notecard designed by Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ, featuring a quote by philosopher Beatruce Bruteau The Birthing of Presence—a reflection by Stella Envulu, SHCJ about Incarnation as “presence” and how she is called every day to share in God’s gift of “being with” us.