Examen
Expressing Gratitude Through the Examen
Life has been busy. Maybe it is the season of life. My teen sons cannot yet drive but still have violin lessons and jujitsu classes they need to be...
Reflections
Doing Advent Right
Each year, as Advent approaches, I think to myself how familiar and comfortable this all feels: the lighting of our Advent wreath, the readings from Scripture, and saints our...
Reflections
Jesus Wants All of Us
Editor’s note: Sacred Space: The Prayer Book 2026 suggests six steps of prayer and contemplation for exploring the daily Scripture passages: The Presence of God, Freedom, Consciousness, The Word,...
Reflections
God’s Steadfast Love
Many years ago, I was asked to read the Psalm at a friend’s wedding. Actually, two of us friends shared in reading Psalm 136.
The other friend, a gentleman, read...
Reflections
Kindness Eggs
My 16-year-old son and I stood shielding our eyes from the sun on an unusually hot afternoon at a four-track train station in Kent, England. We were looking for...
Ignatian Prayer
The Gift of Prayer
There are times when I am so overwhelmed or grieved, I cannot pray for myself. I feel like I am drowning. I want so desperately to see Jesus with...