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Ruah Woods Welcomes Mike Reckers,  ​Director of Finance, to the Team

Ruah Woods Welcomes Mike Reckers, ​Director of Finance, to the Team

My name is Mike Reckers. I am very happy to join the ministry at Ruah Woods as the Director of…

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On a Mission to Love… In Our Home (with Kate)

On a Mission to Love… In Our Home (with Kate)

The Holy Spirit has placed a desire deep within my heart to pray the Rosary over the years.  I can…

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Retiring from Ruah Woods and Waiting for God’s Re-Deployment Orders

Retiring from Ruah Woods and Waiting for God’s Re-Deployment Orders

While facilitating discussion for the latest read in Ruah Woods’ TOB Chapter Chat, I often rhetorically ask the group, “Why…

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The Great Uniter

The Great Uniter

The closing of the Liturgical Year, Thanksgiving and Advent; currently indicating an ending, an occasion for gratitude and a new…

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

A Not-So-Typical Christmas It was a typical Christmas Eve. My eleven siblings and I were crammed into one Church pew,…

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What 2020 Offers Us

What 2020 Offers Us

Throughout 2020 I have been reminded frequently of the literature of Michael O’Brien. His work is often apocalyptic in nature…

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Peace Begins with a Smile

Peace Begins with a Smile

A Small Gesture, but a Mighty Impact I was in line the other day waiting to order my lunch. The…

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Communion in Quarantine

Communion in Quarantine

Masks.  Social distancing.  Cancelling events.  Virtual meetings.  Dispensations from Mass.  Quarantining.  These are some of the isolating, unprecedented hallmarks of…

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TOB Breakthrough Recap: Reaching Many Hearts

TOB Breakthrough Recap: Reaching Many Hearts

Don’t you just love Romans 8:28, “We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who…

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Reign Down Mercy ON YOUR CHILDREN

Reign Down Mercy ON YOUR CHILDREN

How do you see our time? Do you see it as a time of chaos… in our world, in our…

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