Shemaiah Gonzalez
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Shemaiah Gonzalez

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Shemaiah Gonzalez

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Shemaiah Gonzalez

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December 16, 2025

Guest on Deacons Pod

December 16, 2025/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
Guest on Deacons Pod

Had the joy of being on the Paulist Fathers Deacons Pod, sharing my book Undaunted Joy but also about my prayer text thread and even got to read my Advent "proem" Out of Sight

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December 16, 2025/ Shemaiah Gonzalez/ Comment
advent, Podcast, proem
June 27, 2022

A Letter to Say ‘Thanks’ to the Workers Building Skyscrapers

June 27, 2022/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
A Letter to Say ‘Thanks’ to the Workers Building Skyscrapers

I see you bouncing up and down the hill in packs of three or four or six, with your yellow hard hats and your weighty shoes and your igloo coolers with lunches large enough to sustain a teenage athlete or a member of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery or … a construction worker.

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June 27, 2022/ Shemaiah Gonzalez/ Comment
grotto, prayer, proem, strangers
November 23, 2021

Noisy Praise

November 23, 2021/ Shemaiah Gonzalez
Noisy Praise

At night, as I lay in bed, the pond just outside my bedroom window
burst into a cacophony of croaking, gulping, chirping, and guzzling.
It was not the silence I was seeking — but it sounded like a symphony,

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November 23, 2021/ Shemaiah Gonzalez/ Comment
grotto, proem
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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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