How often will I write?
Daily Reflection writers will be asked via e-mail every three months how often they would like to write.  Or, you can sign up for a "monthly" spot, which means every four to six weeks.

When am I scheduled to write?
Four times a year schedules are sent out for the next three months.  The Collaborative Ministry Office will notify you of your upcoming dates and the deadlines.  Want to double-check the immediate schedule?  Look at the Daily Reflection calendar for the most up-to-date information.

What's the deadline?
Reflections are due Tuesday at noon the week before your reflection date. We will proof, format and upload all reflections on Tuesday afternoon. 

Please let us know as soon as possible if you can't meet that deadline and we can make arrangements to have it written.

What's the "Daily Reflection" style?
On of the strengths of this website is the variety of styles of more than 50 contributors.  Our style leans toward the informal and inclusive: "We" is better than "you" -- as in "our struggles with sin" instead of "your struggles with sin."

What to Write?
The most effective reflections are not theological commentaries on the scriptures, but pastoral - coming out of your own personal prayer on the scriptures, how they touch you, and how your reflection might be a source of encouragement, hope, challenge, grace.  

What is the length?
Most Daily Reflections run between 400 and 600 words --  4 or 5 paragraphs.

Where can I find the readings?

What about feast days, memorials etc.?  

How do I turn in my reflection?

Do I need to format it?
No.  It all has to be pasted into hypertext markup language (html) for the internet, so all formatting has to be removed before it can be put into the web page.  

- Please, don't TAB to indent.

- Place a hard return at the end of each paragraph.

- Use a standard variable width font.  The fixed Courier fonts don't translate as well and we have to re-do much of  the punctuation.

I still have questions - who do I contact?
If you have a question
 

The Readings:
The daily readings can be found on-line at either of these sites: 
 http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/index.htm 
 http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/index.html

How to Get it to Us:  (call Tracy with any questions on X. 3056)
- Please save your reflection to a Word document and attach it to an e-mail to our secretary Tracy Jackson at cmo@creighton.edu

- Mac users, either send an attachment or paste your reflection into an e-mail 

A special note for New Writers:
Many thanks for offering to do a Daily Reflection.  We have scheduled you for a reflection for Monday, October 1.  It will be due in our office by noon on Tuesday, September 25.  I will include details of format etc. below in case you need them. 

September 25 is the Memorial of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (The Little Flower).  You can write only about the scripture readings for the day as indicated in the links below, but if you would like to include a story or or mention of St. Theresa in your reflection, you would be welcome to do that.

One thing you might want to be aware of is our biography which we have linked to each writer's reflection.  It's just a simple biographical sketch which you can submit to us online by going to: http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily-form.html

That information will come to me as an e-mail and I'll drop it into a format.  If you are up in the administration building some time, stop by Room 110 (across from the business office) and we'll take a digital photo of you to use in the bio.