The Contemplation on the Incarnation and Advent
The Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises begins with a Contemplation on the Incarnation (SE 101–109). The graces we pray for with this meditation...
Harvest Moon
I have always loved the harvest moon. In my two-stoplight hometown, it was always a big event. The rising of this enormous, orange moon...
Driving in the Fourth Week
I swore I would never get a vanity license plate. But then I did. I can’t exactly say it came from deep prayer and...
Ignatian Optimism
I’ve always been a bit put off by people who exude positivity non-stop, the ones who only see the “bright side” or who think...
The Missing Shoe: Deepening God’s Life in Me
“Where is my stupid shoe?” I shouted at my bewildered husband.
That question burst out of my mouth far more loudly than intended on a...
In Concert with Christ
This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
The popular hip hop artist took the stage as 15,000-plus fans cheered. He...
A School of Discipleship
The Second Week is a school of discipleship. In discipleship you enter into a relationship that leads you deeply into the sentiments, thoughts,...
Confronting a 2,000-Year-Old Challenge
Recently I came across one of my favorite passages in the Gospel of Mark, the Parable of the Rich Young Man. In Mark 10:21,...
Three Kinds of People
St. Ignatius described three kinds of people: the postponer, the compromiser, and the free person. The postponer may have a vague interest in a...
Five Things the Spiritual Exercises Taught Me About Jesus
On more occasions than I care to count, people will comment to me, “Ignatian spirituality does not have enough to do with Jesus. All...
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