Dai­ly Reflec­tion
July 24, 2025

Thursday of the Six­teenth week in Ordi­nary Time
Lectionary: 398
Kim­ber­ly Grassmeyer

Kim­ber­ly Grassmeyer

Creighton Uni­ver­si­ty Retiree

I’ve been an edu­ca­tor at the post­sec­ondary lev­el for near­ly 40 years – both as a High­er Edu­ca­tion admin­is­tra­tor in Stu­dent Affairs work, and as a part-time fac­ul­ty mem­ber – at Creighton Uni­ver­si­ty  and sev­er­al oth­er mid-west­ern schools. In the midst of that time, I also worked as a con­sul­tant to uni­ver­si­ties across Cana­da, the Unit­ed States and Mex­i­co. It is my hon­or to be clos­ing out my pro­fes­sion­al life at Creighton, where my pro­fes­sion­al, per­son­al and faith val­ues dance togeth­er in an enrich­ing partnership.

As a seek­er and a sin­ner I am whol­ly imper­fect, which is to say I am the human that God cre­at­ed me to be.  My faith is often quite strong; at oth­er moments it is shak­en to its core.   I am not a schol­ar of the Bible nor do I con­sid­er myself to be faith­ful enough or wise enough to lead oth­ers in their faith jour­ney…. which is why (appar­ent­ly) my gra­cious col­leagues believe that I may have some­thing of val­ue to say to the oth­er seek­ers in the world!  I hope that my thoughts and provo­ca­tions may in some mea­sure pro­vide per­spec­tive, pause, laugh­ter, grace, and some peace to you.