Spiritual Exercises
Humility in Lent
This Lent, I have been reflecting and praying about humility. As a concept, humility is simple: thinking that no one else is any better or worse than I am....
Spirituality
Getting Outside for Prayer
One of my favorite poems is Wendell Berry’s “The Peace of Wild Things.” The poet speaks of retreating into the world of nature when the world of politics, work...
Discernment
Baking, Breaking, and Balance
This past Christmas, we did a lot of baking, both at home and at my mother’s house when we went to visit her and her husband. We also as...
People
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature
When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My grandparents were both immigrants from...
Reflections
Finding God in What Is Tender and Small This Season
In Advent, we await the second coming of Christ, and we also welcome the ways that God breaks into our lives again and again. We can meet him with...
Spiritual Exercises
Gratitude and the Spiritual Exercises
Gratitude is at the heart of prayer and thus is central to Ignatian spirituality.
For example, in praying the Examen, I begin with placing myself in God’s presence and offering...