Etty Hillesum, the young Jewish woman killed at Auschwitz who wrote beautiful diaries of life in Amsterdam, wrote movingly of finding beauty amidst suffering. most...

The Grace of Detachment

Discernment Becky Eldredge

The grace of indifference or detachment is often what we hope for in prayer. It is the place where we have surrendered to God...

My Both/And Call

Discernment Becky Eldredge

When my son, Brady, was eight weeks old, I led my first Charis retreat in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. I remember kneeling at...

Desire and Decision

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright

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

Discernment Jim Manney

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

Discernment Tim Muldoon

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?

Discernment Vinita Hampton Wright

I grew up in a religious subculture that was very certain about who God was and how God operated. Very often I heard, “God...

World Youth Day

Discernment Tim Muldoon

Please keep the pilgrims at World Youth Day (WYD) in your prayers. I am at the Jesuit-run Colegio Nuestra SeÃ±ora del Recuerdo with hundreds...

The Life of Pilgrimage

Discernment Tim Muldoon

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

Discernment Tim Muldoon

Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, spoke to Belgian Jesuits in September 2010 about a "globalization of superficiality," a result...

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