Desire and Decision
Sometimes the Christian journey is framed in terms of making a decision, a commitment, to follow Jesus and his way. But we don't live...
The Two Poles of Discernment
I recently followed a link on this site to a 2003 article in America that expanded my understanding of Ignatian discernment. I knew about...
Adopting Again
My new favorite description of love is the willingness to enter a mess. It's a pretty decent description of the Incarnation (or kenosis for...
Does God Have a Plan for Your Life?
I grew up in a religious subculture that was very certain about who God was and how God operated. Very often I heard, “God...
Do Not Delay
The last straw which led to Saint Augustine's conversion to Christianity was the voice of a child, playing a game in which he chanted...
World Youth Day
Please keep the pilgrims at World Youth Day (WYD) in your prayers. I am at the Jesuit-run Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo with hundreds...
The Life of Pilgrimage
I am in China with my family on a heritage tour, a pilgrimage of sorts. Those familiar with my book Longing to Love know...
Globalization of Superficiality
Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, spoke to Belgian Jesuits in September 2010 about a "globalization of superficiality," a result...
Holy Imitation
The decisive moment in Ignatius's life came when he realized that he was imitating the wrong person. He realized that imitating the example of...
Attention
Nicholas Carr asks what the internet is doing to our brains. His answer: rewiring it for easy distraction. He observes that the way we...
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