Everything speaks to me of springtime and resurrection! I put out two hummingbird feeders just before Easter in hopes that they would be returning soon. It was still early but I thought just maybe I could coax them back again. Last week I heard the first arrivals, and now all five feeders are active.

Many of Tanzania's formators, the sisters who are responsible for shaping the next generation of sisters, lack a high school diploma. And they will be the first ones to tell you that it's a problem.

GSR Today - Not that long ago, it seemed the entire world was worried about genocide in Sudan. There was outrage, and celebrities took up the cause. But like a pestilence, death continues to haunt the people there.

“A human being is a vessel that God has built for himself and filled with his inspiration so that his works are perfected in it.”

From A Nun's Life podcasts - What's the connection between prayer and freedom?

We live in a world crying out for the joy, hope and peace of Easter. It is a world challenged by what Pope Francis has called the "spiritual and moral abysses" facing humankind. We cannot ignore this reality.

"We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do."

Contemplate This - We live in a much-too-hasty age. There is little or no time to process what happens to us each day. This is even true in religious life.

"I grew up in my family with faith that God really wants the good things for us. And even amidst the bad behavior of other people, God finds a way to let us continue."

"It took 30 years to build up mass incarceration. It's not going to end overnight. It will take a very comprehensive shift in practices, policies and attitudes." While the last 35 years saw a continual increase in the prison population, in recent years, the prison population has stabilized. Part 4 of a four-part series examining mass incarceration in the United States.