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?

An Award and a Contest

While we're on the subject of social media, I thought I'd point to a couple of notable digital projects by Loyola Press, the sponsor of this website. The Press's 3-Minute...

Blog-alogue Fourth Question: What Tools Should We Use?

Meredith, In this blog-alogue we've been talking mainly about the why of social media.  Why it's important, what you can do with it.  There seem to be new social media...

Friendship with God

What kind of relationship do you have with God? Think about the possibility of having a friendship with God. That's our topic in today's video contribution to An Ignatian...

Imagine What Isn't Said

Imaginative prayer is a big part of the Ignatian Adventure retreat, now in week six, and it's been a big topic on this blog.  I remembered a helpful thing...

The Jesus of the Gospels Becomes Our Jesus

To follow Jesus we must know him, and we get to know him through our imagination. Imaginative Ignatian prayer teaches us things about Jesus that we would not learn...

What Does "Magis" Mean?

The idea of magis comes from the Call of the King meditation in the Spiritual Exercises. There's a response to Christ's invitation beyond whole-hearted. We can reach for the...