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    Gretchen Crowder

    Gretchen Crowder has served as a campus minister and Ignatian educator for the Jesuit Dallas community for the last 15 years. She is also a freelance writer and speaker and is the host of Loved As You Are: An Ignatian Podcast. She has a B.S. in mathematics and a M.Ed. from the University of Notre Dame as well as an M.T.S. from the University of Dallas. She resides in Dallas, TX, with her husband, three boys, and an ever-growing number of pets.

    I Must Release Control

    I must release control. These four words are some of the most challenging words for me to consider. Control is, after all, what has always kept me sane. I know...

    I Tried to Hide

    Psalm 139 always makes me a little nervous. The psalmist begins: “O LORD, you have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit down and when...

    Spiritual Conversations at the Grocery Store

    On Saturday mornings, much like the rest of the week, I’m an early riser. I like to get up, have my coffee in my quiet house, and get to...

    The Small Rectangle

    Before school let out for the summer, a few colleagues and I gathered for a mini-retreat to close out the year. At the beginning of the retreat, our director...

    Three Goals to Realize Pedro Arrupe’s Vision

    Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on...

    Tricky Grief

    A friend of mine once told me that grief is tricky. It envelops us in emotion when we expect it, like on birthdays and anniversaries. But it also tends...