The Critics

It started at an after-work happy hour. Grousing about the all-but-notional pay raises, certain decisions made by the leadership team, the way those decisions were communicated. At first I mostly sat quietly and listened — after all, I loved my new job! What did I have to complain about? But over time, I joined in […]

Good-bye for Now – May 31, 2023

This is the final inspirational quote from InwardOutward.org. We are suspending these because our delivery system has been unable to post these quotes at a regular time. We hope you will enjoy the weekly gospel reflection on Saturday and engage with the reflection questions as our way to let the words of scripture come alive […]

Not Even Judas – Apr. 5, 2023

“The gospel story is not merely one of God’s love for humankind demonstrated through the death of Jesus on the cross as atonement for sin. The gospel story is God’s story of our lives as seen through his love and grace. None of us can write ourselves out of God’s story—not even Judas.” –Ray Anderson, […]

Underneath

Beneath the feet of the monks, that which holds them and their houses of prayer, is this land. Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist monastery on the coast of South Carolina, is where we’re on retreat. The land of my childhood. Beneath the years of their prayerful songs, as old as my dad, there is that which will outlast […]