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?

Discovering the Examen

A suggestion for Lent: learn to pray the examen.  Yesterday we read about a Jesuit nurse who finds God's presence in an emergency room with the help of the...

Finding God in the Trauma Center

Jason Brauninger, SJ, is a nurse who works in the Trauma Center at a Denver hospital. It's a place where you hear announcements like “Pediatric Code Blue. Emergency Room. Five minutes by...

Social Media Blog-alogue: First Question

Meredith,I'm inspired by your passionate interest in social media, and I'm looking forward to learning about it.  We'll be doing this blog-alogue periodically over the next month or two. ...

For Lent, Try An Ignatian Prayer Adventure (Online Retreat)

What are you doing for Lent? Am I the first to ask?  Ash Wednesday is only two weeks from today--a date I've been keenly aware of because I've been very...

Fictitious Priests

If you like to read novels about priests, Doris Donnelly of John Carroll University has six suggestions. My book group has read four of the six in recent years.  I'd...

An Arrupe Anniversary

Sunday is the anniversary of the death of Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Jesuits from 1965-83.  He was a charismatic man who led the Jesuits through a...