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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.

    Healthy Friendship with Jesus

    Have you ever wondered if your friendship with Jesus is a healthy one? I’m not sure if I ever considered this particular question before. Of course, I’ve considered many times...

    The Labels We Did Not Choose

    The first day I put on my new medical alert bracelet, I felt a mix of emotions. On one hand, I felt secure. The silver links gleamed around my...

    Journey into Hope

    I started picking a word of the year a few years ago. I usually pick the word during December, and throughout January, I think about it and write about...

    Silent Night

    I have always loved to sing the hymn “Silent Night.” It is so seared into my brain that I can’t help but hum it when I see the first...

    Getting Out of the “If I Ruled the World” Mindset

    At a recent conference, a fellow Ignatian educator and I were walking to the cafeteria for lunch, caught up in a passionate conversation about all our big, incredible, pie-in-the-sky...

    Three Ways St. Ignatius Was a Leader

    What defines a good leader? I wrestle with this question all the time. When I was in high school, I believed a good leader was charismatic, popular, intelligent, and could...