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Shemaiah Gonzalez

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January 21, 2025

Reimagining Creativity

January 21, 2025/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
Reimagining Creativity

Honored to write the feature story for February’s Our Sunday Visitor . I wrote about how artistic virtues can help build a culture of creativity in the church.

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November 04, 2024

Prayer Doesn't Always Look How You Think It Should

November 04, 2024/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
Prayer Doesn't Always Look How You Think It Should

My first time in Radiant ! Happy to share my thoughts on Praying without Ceasing and how prayer doesn't always look how you think it should

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May 11, 2023

'We’re not that kind of parish' is a response that should inspire change

May 11, 2023/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
'We’re not that kind of parish' is a response that should inspire change

My personal essay for Our Sunday Visitor on being the hands and feet of Christ.

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Shemaiah Gonzalez

Thrives on moments where storytelling, art and faith collide. 

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Waking to a Grace-Filled Day
October 2, 2026
Waking to a Grace-Filled Day
October 2, 2026

I wrote about waking to a grace filled day.

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October 2, 2026
Expectations for Prayer
September 21, 2026
Expectations for Prayer
September 21, 2026

I always come to this prayer time with auspicious expectations. I know God is going to show up. I just don’t know how. I am always surprised how he does.

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September 21, 2026
St Francis Xavier and Avoiding Spinning
August 28, 2026
St Francis Xavier and Avoiding Spinning
August 28, 2026

If we keep our eyes on Jesus, small acts of service and love, like those lived out by St. Francis Xavier, will reap more rewards than we could ever imagine.

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August 28, 2026
The Wheel and the Clay: The Inner Lives of Christian Artists
August 18, 2026
The Wheel and the Clay: The Inner Lives of Christian Artists
August 18, 2026

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.

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August 18, 2026
Review: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
August 17, 2026
Review: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
August 17, 2026

Goldberg is much more practical than many of the texts that I have read.  She gives you much to hold onto.

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August 17, 2026

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