The Birth of Jesus: Part of the Family Now
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. For this particular reflection, I’m sharing a raw journal entry. The following...
Imaginative Contemplation with Pray-as-You-Go
Pray-as-You-Go has released the second in a planned series of imaginative contemplation exercises. Listen to it below; it’s the story of the woman with...
Prayer of All Things
"The earth is the only road that can lead us to heaven. There is no other. And the earth is not an idea, an...
He Is Risen!
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been...
Gabriel Is Surprised
Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, notes something unusual in a Renaissance depiction of the Annunciation: Mary is surprised, but the angel Gabriel seems to be...
What Does God Think of You?
“Imagine God thinking about you. What do you assume God feels when you come to mind?”
That question begins David Benner's Surrender to Love, which...
Contemplative Cooking
Since I no longer believe in coincidence, I'm wondering what God is inviting me to see, not only in the sudden spate of movies...
Try Bothering for Lent
This Lent, says Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, take the time to "bother." He points out that the people who angered Jesus were people like...