This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. My collection of Star Wars LEGO sets has increased about 400%—an unintended, though...

When We Ask for Light

Examen Shemaiah Gonzalez

We pray for light. We want to see what God sees. Or do we? When we pray the Examen, we ask God to shed light...

Using Our Gifts to Build the Kingdom Among Us

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz

On the front porch, perched upon a worn wooden table and leaning against a bowl filled with water bottles, stood the sign: “Delivery Folks:...

A 24-Hour Life and Death Discernment

Discernment Lisa Kelly

“We have two options. We can do our best to keep the disease at bay and just treat side effects, leaving you days or...

God Gives Us an A

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

A couple of years ago, I had a student who spent quite a few free periods hanging out in my office. One day, he...

Listening to God’s Call

Discernment dotMagis Editor

Author Barbara Lee experienced a call to be a spiritual director in her retirement years and encourages those who are aging to, “Listen to...

Three Types of People Revisited

Spiritual Exercises Lisa Kelly

In the Spiritual Exercises there is a meditation on “three types of people.” I think we are misled, though, by Ignatius naming these people...

The Great Commandment

Spiritual Exercises Mary Ann Gessner

St. Ignatius begins the Spiritual Exercises with the essential principle that God’s love is unconditional. Adding two words, “for me,” made it intensely personal....