In 2020, white Companions in Greater Cincinnati became aware for the first time of the trauma caused to generations of families in the Black municipality of Lincoln Heights by the constant sound of gunfire from the adjoining Cincinnati Police Department

None of your cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness for my God. The one who strews the forest floor With dead leaves and twigs like pick-up sticks? Who scatters pinecones like popcorn at the ballpark? Mine is a God who makes a mess and leaves it there. Seeing beauty, God

SCHC Companions commit themselves to work for social justice. For me, this work has meant the adventure of a lifetime. Here’s how it started.

Cover prayer: This day of my life Be bound to the way Of a throng Who ceaselessly pray. An up-woven life, Bound by the thong Of a saving thorn To Love’s very Life Who upborn of the Spirit, With God Is in song— God’s Joy. —Elizabeth Randall-Mills, SCHC (1961-1993)   Monday: Creator God, just as we

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Northern California-based Discerner, Maria, during her recent stay at Adelynrood. She stayed with us for 2 weeks as a Volunteer-in-training. It was a true delight to learn about her and check