Jim's Books
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Magis 2011
The Jesuits are organizing a pilgrimage and community experiences in Spain and Portugal next summer in the weeks leading up to World Youth Day in Madrid, August 16-21. The...
Reflections
What's Next?
The notion that the spiritual life is a journey is so common that it's a platitude. I've worked for years in Catholic publishing. I've seen dozens of book covers depicting...
Ignatian Prayer
"You Always Called Me Sonny."
I love the movie "The Apostle." It shows people of faith as real people without airs and pretense, and it shows how God can use a very flawed...
Reflections
What I Think about When I Don't Have to Think
A while ago I decided to stop trying to make big changes. They were too hard. I thought I'd concentrate on making small changes, but much of the time...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
Links for the Weekend
Jack McLain, SJ, on zombies (“the faceless, unsexy, plodders of the horror genre").
Nathan O'Halloran, SJ, reads 1 Samuel 15:3 and asks, "Does God approve genocide?"
Myles Sheehan, SJ, MD, on...
Spirituality
St. Ignatius and Psychology
A psychologist named William van Ornum will be writing regularly on America Magazine's "In All Things" blog about the intersection of Christian faith and psychology. In his initial post...