Jim Manney

Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Books by Jim Manney

Jim's Books

  • A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer
  • Una oración sencilla que cambia la vida
  • Ignatian Spirituality A to Z
  • An Ignatian Book of Days
  • God Finds Us
  • Charged with Grandeur
  • What's Your Decision?

First Jesuit Pope

The installation Mass for Pope Francis will be on March 19, 2013. Enjoy this links round-up of blog posts and media clips related to the first Jesuit pope. Fr. Timothy...

Jesuit Leadership Style

Pope Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected pope. Chris Lowney, author of Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World, says that the...

Best Ignatian Songs: You Are Not Alone

I like this song, the singer (Mavis Staples), and the acoustic accompaniment by Jeff Tweedy, who wrote it.  (Tweedy is also the lead singer of Wilco.) A broken home A broken...

What Are You in Love With?

Here's something from my book God Finds Us: An Experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, published by Loyola Press. I talk about Ignatius's aim in writing The...

An Examen “From Ashes to Glory”

This Lent we are offering a prayer exercise, “From Ashes to Glory,” based on Ignatius's Examen. It is by Joseph Tetlow, SJ, a writer and esteemed spiritual director who...

A New Serenity Prayer

I have a friend who says that the basis of all true religion is believing that "There is a God and I'm not him."  That's the spirit of this...