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What I Think About When I Don’t Have to Think

Jim Manney

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The Gift of a Grandmother’s Love

Brendan McManus, SJ

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Love Lives in the Details

Vinita Hampton Wright

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The Intentional Kindness of a Dessert

Gretchen Crowder

Waking Up to God in All Things

Examen Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. When I was expecting my oldest child almost 32 years ago, I remember...

The Miracle of the Eight Dresses and Other Memories

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz

My “Grammie Margie” was like a butterfly that spreads joy throughout the garden. Her garden was the entire town, and she touched the lives...

Lenten Read-Along: Where Do We Begin with Forgiveness?

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

Forgiveness can be complicated. I can think of times in my life when I wanted to forgive, but I felt “stuck” in something that...

Experiencing God’s Love

Reflections Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. I found myself in a desperate situation just over ten years ago. During...

It Matters to Jesus

Reflections Becky Eldredge

A friend called me the other day, and as soon as I answered the phone, she said through tears, “Becky, I had a huge...

The Ashes We Receive

Reflections Nancy Small

My preparation for Ash Wednesday most years begins with clearing my calendar for that day. I look at the list of people I accompany...

What’s the Real Problem I Am Trying to Solve?

Discernment Gretchen Crowder

One of my most challenging classes freshman year in college was physics. I remember going through class after class being completely perplexed as the...

Staring Our Way to Recognition

Reflections Vinita Hampton Wright

Have you ever seen something that you could not identify as anything familiar, and so all you could do was stare at it in...

Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 2

Spiritual Exercises Vinita Hampton Wright

In terms of the Spiritual Exercises, one critical goal of writing a spiritual autobiography is to recognize God’s action in our past: God’s presence,...