Archive - Your Sunday Retreat with Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

July 2025

...He was, of course, a piece of the sky.

Jul 27 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

Before You Begin...

I thrive on ritual.

Jul 20 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

Walking by the water this week, there was as much rain as sunshine.

Jul 13 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

U Pick, by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer STRAWBERRIES, said the roadside sign, big red letters on a white-washed board. We followed the signs to the…

Jul 6 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

June 2025

Worry and Distraction

Jun 29 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

with numbered excerpts from Mary Oliver's "To Begin With, the Sweet Grass"

Jun 22 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

The Ministry of Imagination

“It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing futures alternative to the single one…

Jun 15 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

Oiling the Hinges

Lord, oil the hinges of our hearts doors that they may swing gently and easily to welcome your coming. ~Prayer from New Guinea

Jun 8 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

May 2025

A House for Life and Death

Your Sunday Retreat with Christa Mastrangelo Joyce is a contemplative place to retreat through word and motion.

May 30 •

Christa Mastrangelo Joyce

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