Ignatian Prayer
Reflecting God
I strive for distractions-free prayer spaces, and I was sure the stateroom balcony on our once-in-a-lifetime cruise would be such a place. A monotonous horizon of water stretched in...
Ignatian Prayer
Set Free
This story is inspired by Luke 13:10–17.
Eighteen years is a lifetime. Mercilessly, the crippling spirit worked me over, a little at a time. It began like a seed, the...
Ignatian Prayer
Nathaniel and Being Seen
This story is inspired by John 1:45–51.
Sitting under a tree is a great place to muse and pray. That’s why I, Nathaniel, peered into a cloudless sky through branches...
Something to Think About
Choreography and the Mass
We dance at Mass. Have you noticed?
We’ll see children especially bouncing to the music, but all of us have choreographed movements. Think for a moment about the Mass as...
Ignatian Prayer
Divine Handshake
I’ve passed that icon hundreds of times as I enter the church, but this day I saw something I’d never noticed before.
It was Christ’s hands. One hand was placed...
Something to Think About
Finding God Through the Elevator Doors
I found God in, of all things, a couple of elevators.
The smell in the parking lot downtown assaulted my nostrils, and when the elevator doors opened, a puddle blocked...