Getting Out of the “If I Ruled the World” Mindset
At a recent conference, a fellow Ignatian educator and I were walking to the cafeteria for lunch, caught up in a passionate conversation about...
Unique and Unrepeatable Autumn
In his autobiography, St. Ignatius Loyola recounts how “the greatest consolation he used to receive was to look at the sky and the stars,...
Sin and the Examen
Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “How can we use the Examen to better understand our experiences of sin or failure?”
He suggests...
Hello, Anger
When I mentioned to my spiritual director that I was totally apathetic about my prayer life of late, and she asked if I were...
Choosing Joy
Once we know we are loved, it is easy to choose joy.
This is what Father Greg Boyle, SJ, learned as he has ministered to...
Yellow Arrows and Discernment
Several years ago, I was blessed with a chance to walk part of the Camino de Santiago. Each day, we awoke early, put on...
The Examen and Letting Go
We often accumulate misguided and half-hearted commitments that drain of us energy and take us off our most meaningful path. The Examen can function...
What We Can—And Definitely Can’t—Learn About Gods from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe
It’s easy to forget that Thor is a god.
I was reminded of this recently watching the latest installment in the Thor franchise—a crucial piece...
The Grace We Need
No matter how pure our motives and how flawless our discernment process, we depend on God's grace ultimately to help us make not only...
How God Gets Our Attention
Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, responds to the question, “How does God get our attention?”
He explains these points in the video:
Attention involves the whole...