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      I See You

      Gerri Leder
      Can we learn a thing or two about connection from people in other countries? My recent experience in South Africa suggests we can. South…
      Discernment

      Going Behind What Appears

      dotMagis Editor
      Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, says, “Discernment is to learn to go behind what appears. It’s going beyond…
      Examen

      The Examen: Prayer in Real-Time

      dotMagis Editor
      In the Examen we encounter a God who is active in our day. Fr. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, explains that the Examen is prayer in…
      Reflections

      Continuing Friendship in the Easter Season

      Gretchen Crowder
      I have a confession to make. I tend to forget about Jesus around a week or so into the Easter season each year. It is…
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    Eric Clayton

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    Eric A. Clayton is the deputy director of communications for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. He has a BA in creative writing and international studies from Fairfield University and an MA in international media from American University. Eric writes Story Scraps on Substack. He lives in Baltimore, MD, with his wife and two daughters. Clayton is the author of Cannonball Moments: Telling Your Story, Deepening Your Faith and My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars.
    Spiritual Exercises

    One Particular Cat and the Resurrection

    This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I don’t like cats. We never had a cat growing up. We were all allergic. If I spent more...
    Eric Clayton
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    Spiritual Exercises

    The Sorrow Christ Endured for Me

    This post is based on Week Seven of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I never seemed to have enough bug spray in Bolivia. Not that it really mattered—the mosquitos were supercharged....
    Eric Clayton
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Signs of Peace

    This post is based on Week Six of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. We’ve become all too familiar with images of war, violence, and destruction. We see cities turned to rubble...
    Eric Clayton
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    Spiritual Exercises

    Princess Parties and the Call of Christ the King

    This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. “Today is Snow White’s birthday.” This, out of the blue, unprompted, and in the middle of breakfast. My wife...
    Eric Clayton
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    Spiritual Exercises

    Our Presence Is Enough

    This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. We had only been home for a handful of hours. We were groggy and grumpy and anxious. And...
    Eric Clayton
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    Spiritual Exercises

    Darth Vader and the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises

    This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. There’s a scene in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi that neatly sums up a key theme of...
    Eric Clayton
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