Mia Pohlman
FeaturesJuly 2, 2022
The poetry of sweet potatoesThis week, I got to tour a sweet potato farm. Not a commercial one; one that is on 10 acres of land, with sweet potatoes grown on 1 acre of it, one where a person comes along and picks up the produce after it's been dug by machinery; one at which a real hand touche...FeaturesJune 18, 2022
Letting God hold our expectationsI recently started a big new project and found myself feeling overwhelmed by the number of things I wanted to do for it, along with the number of other things in life that needed my more immediate attention. It felt like there was no way I could get it all done and...FeaturesJune 4, 2022
Reflections on trustThis week, there are a few disparate thoughts leaving their impressions on me, and I want to share them. Now that they're all here in one place, I'm realizing they deal with trust. Maybe one of them will speak to you, too. On getting older: My friend Lilly said it ...FeaturesMay 21, 2022
The delight of restWith the students getting out of school and the warm weather, I've started to feel the summer state of mind lately. It's a beautiful call to rest, to be free and to be present, the kind of presence children have because they don't make plans and don't have items on...FeaturesMay 7, 2022
The Holy Spirit wants to help youThis past weekend, I got to lead the Confirmation retreat for the eighth graders at our church. At it, we talked about what it means to become an adult in the Church, to discover the unique ways we as individuals are gifted to serve the larger body, a discovery pro...FeaturesApril 23, 2022
A man died for meThere's a line from one of Taylor Swift's earliest songs "Cold as You" that's been echoing in my head this Easter season. It's a sad song about a boy who takes in a relationship but doesn't reciprocate the love he is given, and the line I've been thinking of says, ...FeaturesApril 9, 2022
The delight of rejoicingRejoice. It's a word that's been changing my life. I used to lament when musicians entered their 30s; it seems like their music often departs from the soul-searching questions of the deep and instead, gets happy. They are content with life, and their art reflects t...FeaturesMarch 26, 2022
While We WaitOne year for Lent at the youth group I helped lead during undergrad, the students put together a Stations of the Cross meditation in which each station or scene from Jesus' Passion was set to a song. The songs they chose helped humanize and make relevant to our tim...FeaturesFebruary 26, 2022
Thoughts on MercyThe youth group students and I are learning about the ways each part of the Mass comes from Scripture. In the first part of Mass, just after the people gathered have spent a short time reflecting on their sins and confessing them through silent prayer, we pray toge...FeaturesJanuary 29, 2022
There was great calmMy dear friend Nancy Shoush recently passed away. We met when I was in graduate school; she was a cook at Rosie's Northtown Cafe, the restaurant where I waitressed, and a friend who had become one of the family to the owners and other workers at the restaurant. ...Advertisement
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