Doing Advent Right
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Advent is coming! How can we “do Advent right?” The answer is not what you think. My latest for Ignatian Spirituality
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An Advent Image Seminar A Thrill of Hope: The Weary World Rejoices
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Honored to have paired with Image Journal for this Advent Seminar A Thrill of Hope: The Weary World Rejoices
Read MoreSeeing Goodness More Clearly
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Joel J Miller interviewed me for his wildly popular substack, Miller’s Book Review. We talked about Fight for Joy, Making Life Work as a Writer and More. Joel is such a gracious literary citizen.
Read MoreJesus Wants All of Us
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Jesus’ plans are much richer and better than what we could imagine for ourselves. As we live in faith and relationship with Jesus, we discover who we were truly created to be.
Read MoreReview: Learning the Glad Game with Shemaiah Gonzalez’s Undaunted Joy
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Grateful to Front Porch Republic and LuElla D'Amico for this marvelous review of my book Undaunted Joy. Luella uses my name in the same sentence as Brian Doyle so I am over the moon.
Read MoreGuest on Word on Fire's The Votive Podcast with Haley Stewart
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Honored to join Haley Stewart for a conversation about living joyfully and passing down good literature to younger generations in the newest episode of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries The Votive Podcast.
Read MoreA Conversation with Kathryn Jean Lopez from National Review
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Living Joy does not mean a life without sorrow or pain. It does mean living in hope. In her new book, Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight, Shemaiah Gonzalez encourages finding joy in the small things in life. It’s a good practice for gratitude and being light in dark and distracting times. Based in Seattle, Gonzalez talks with Kathryn Jean Lopez about finding the joys in Costco, naps, and the much more enduring things.
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Visiting Writer at Whitworth MFA in January!
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Thrilled to announce that in January I will be one of the visiting writers at residency for the low-residency MFA creative writing program at Whitworth University.
Read MoreBeyond the Habit Podcast
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I was able to speak with Sisters Erin McDonald and Colleen Gibson on Beyond the Habit Podcast . We talked about the transcendence of joy, the importance of being present with others, and my nee book new book, Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight. Listen today!
Read MoreKindness Eggs
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We are Christ's hands and feet. I shared a story of kindness from my last trip to England with Ignatian Spirituality
Read MoreHappy is that People
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My devotional and book Undaunted Joy was featured on Proverbs 31 Ministries this morning. May it be a blessing to many.
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The Source of Joy
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am one of those people who chooses a word for the year. The word usually reveals itself through prayer and the themes the Holy Spirit keeps recalling as I attempt to grow in my faith.
In 2020, my word of the year was JOY. I thought to myself, this is going to be easy! And fun! The year of joy!
And then, 2020 happened. I live in Seattle, where the first wave of the pandemic hit.
Read MoreEvent: Undaunted Joy Book and Author Reception Tacoma, WA
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Don't miss the chance to hear firsthand how you can discover joy in the everyday and how we might open our hearts to it more fully.
Read MoreRedirecting Our Gaze to Hope
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Shemaiah Gonzalez invites us to redirect our gaze to hope, finding inspiration in St. Paul's letter to the Romans.
Read MoreRadio Maria England
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Shemaiah traces out the path that led her into discovering joy and monasteries and in time her new book, Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight.
Read MoreThe Thing With Feathers Podcast
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I had the pleasure of sitting down with THE Courtney Ellis to take about Joy on her podcast The Thing With Feathers Podcast I also mention my least favorite bird which also may be a favorite.
Read MoreLearning to Embrace Silence
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“I went to a monastery for the weekend. I learned God was peace — pure, unadulterated, complete peace.” Read this article about my journey to embracing silence:
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I must pinch myself that I am part of this collection from Ignatius Press ! It comes out next month but is available for preorder now.
How easily we forget that we are, at every moment, shaped with care by a Creator. Artists, however—who know intimately the blood, sweat, and tears of the creative process—can help us sense how marvelous it is to be created: the patience, the detail, the joy. In this essential collection, thirty-one Christian artists from various disciplines, from music to poetry to film to sculpture, offer personal essays on the strange experience of following God’s lead by making beautiful things.