Reviewing the Feelings of Our Day
Reviewing the events of our day, either to thank God or to know our sins, is familiar enough. Reviewing the feelings that those events...
The Light of Grace Is Always Shining
A couple of afternoons a week, I bring my work to a local coffee shop. It gives me a chance to get out of...
The Awareness Prayer
This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
What does it mean to “find God in all things”? We’re all familiar...
An Examen at the End of a Relationship
When significant relationships come to an end, whether due to geographic distance, drifting apart, or brokenness through conflict, we have the task of integrating...
The Examen of the Future
The Examen is part of our tradition. Usually thought of in terms of St. Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises, it has emphasized watching sins and failings....
The Steps of the Examen
Today let’s explore the Examen through the lens of brief reflections pertaining to each step. The steps in this version of the Examen match...
Becky Eldredge Explains the Examen
Becky Eldredge, dotMagis blogger and author of Busy Lives & Restless Souls, walks us through the steps of the Examen in this four-minute video....
Stop-Sign Examen
It’s traditional to undertake the Examen in the middle of the day and just before bed, but for the last few weeks, I’ve found...
Dare to Look Inside Yourself
Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ, suggests the Examen as a tool to help us in daring to look inside ourselves. In explaining the steps of...
Not in Control
This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Recently I used one of the versions of the Examen found in Fr....