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      Writing as a Co-Creative Act with God

      Becky Eldredge
      Author Becky Eldredge talks about writing as a co-creative act with God and its connection to the Contemplation on the Love of God, the…
      Reflections

      The Dance on My Countertop

      Rebecca Ruiz
      The old coffeemaker had been sitting in the middle of the counter since we moved—and that had been well over a month. Every day,…
      Reflections

      Mind the Gap Between Faith and Life

      Jim Manney
      When I was a kid, my faith and my life went together pretty easily. I learned a very practical faith from the nuns in…
      Discernment

      Playing Jazz with God

      dotMagis Editor
      The art of discernment can be compared to playing jazz, which is an adventurous form of music. In jazz, the musicians play a standard…
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    Marina Berzins McCoy

    Marina Berzins McCoy is a professor at Boston College, where she teaches philosophy and in the BC PULSE service learning program. She is the author of The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness and Wounded Heroes: Vulnerability as a Virtue in Ancient Greek Philosophy. She and her husband are the parents to two young adults and live in the Boston area.
    Reflections

    The Continuing Gifts of the Resurrection

    This spring, I have enjoyed watching the birds come to our backyard birdfeeder. After a long winter, I refilled the feeder and within a day or two, enjoyed the...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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    Something to Think About

    Lenten Read-Along: Why Should We Have a Resting Point in Our Process of Forgiveness?

    I imagine that we all have different styles for processing feelings, ranging from total avoidance to sorting through them deliberately and slowly to wanting to jump in and get...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Lenten Read-Along: A Prayer for New Life

    Help me live into new life. Help me to unclench my tight fists. Breathe new life into my lungs, hands, feet, voice. These are just three of the petitions...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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    Examen

    Lenten Read-Along: Examen of God’s Compassion and Mercy for Me

    I begin by giving thanks for the good gifts God has given me so far. I ask God for the gifts of insight and illumination into my own...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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    Poetry

    Lenten Read-Along: Prayer in a Time of Anger

    God of welcome, God of embrace, As ocean waves rise and fall, as stormy clouds gather and clear, as moving winds blow and subside, So, too, does my anger move me. Be my raft...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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    Ignatian Prayer

    Lenten Read-Along: The Lost Sheep Imaginative Reflection

    Pray with an Ignatian contemplation on the Parable of the Lost Sheep from Luke 15:4–7. This exercise is inspired by Step Two in The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness. The exercise...
    Marina Berzins McCoy
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