Ignatian Prayer
Going Head-to-Head with Jesus
St. Ignatius would direct people in prayer to imagine Jesus was sitting in a chair across the room and to speak to him as one would speak to a...
Examen
My Examen Cheat Sheet
I want the power that comes with knowledge of things beyond me. And yet the only power I will ever have is how I respond to the feelings within...
Reflections
Into the Unknown with Ignatius
The night before my daughter started middle school, I found her alone in her room, curled up on her bed, her eyes welling with tears. She would be going...
Reflections
Hello, Anger
When I mentioned to my spiritual director that I was totally apathetic about my prayer life of late, and she asked if I were angry, my first response was...
Reflections
Dance with Me
I had been watching too many of those romantic European period pieces, the ones where the ball is the make-or-break moment of the whole movie. Somehow the courting couple...
Reflections
Unearned Chocolate Bars
Day 100 after a transplant is a big milestone. It is the day the doctors trust the transplant won’t be rejected. It is the day the patient stops needing...