Marina's Book
Reflections
Thoughts about the Imagination and Narrative
Storytelling is crucial to how we as human beings make meaning of our lives. Ricoeur observed that while life is simply lived, we attempt to make meaning of life’s...
Discernment
Five Tips for Discerning Balance in a Busy Life
This past summer I have spent time in prayer, discerning how to find better balance in my busy life as a mother, wife, teacher, writer, volunteer, and all-around household...
Reflections
Tending to the Growth of Love
Among Ignatius’s insights into the dynamics of spiritual life is that God leads primarily through encouragement. In his rules for the discernment of spirits, Ignatius says that for people...
Reflections
Dancing and My Limits
Perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of finding God in everything is how we find God in human limits, whether in others or ourselves. As someone who is...
Spirituality
An Attitude of Contemplation
In my family, school is out and it’s time for us all to slow down. While we often think of Ignatian spirituality as a spirituality of service, it is...
Reflections
To Labor and Not to Seek Reward
In celebration of our fifth anniversary, we’ve invited our dotMagis bloggers to reflect on the individual lines of St. Ignatius’s Prayer for Generosity.
The Prayer for Generosity gives us words...