We associate the Christ Child’s arrival with angelic pronouncements and nighttime fanfare: the heavenly hosts singing and sending brilliant disturbance into the lives of...

Three Ways to Find God in Winter

Reflections Vinita Hampton Wright

I happen to like a midwestern winter: cold, barren, dark, and windy. I enjoy bundling up and walking on winter days, with or without...

The Crumpled Ribbon and a Moment of Grace

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

A sweaty little kindergartener came running towards me from the playground one afternoon. When he got close, I noticed he had something crumpled tightly...

Yo-Ho! Yo-Ho! Ignatian Life for Me

Reflections Loretta Pehanich

“Let us give thanks for the great treasure of Ignatian spirituality.” Fr. David Ayotte, SJ, led us in prayer, but I didn’t hear the rest...

Wisdom Story Examen

Examen Vinita Hampton Wright

We are quite accustomed to hearing wisdom sayings, such as those found in the book of Proverbs or what we look for in a...

Better Than Your Best?

Spiritual Exercises Jim Manney

Magis is one of the more mysterious Ignatian terms. It’s a Latin word meaning “the greater, the excellent, the best.” It’s associated with restless striving to...

Listening for God in People

Reflections Becky Eldredge

Do you ever have a moment when God speaks clearly to you through another person? I had one of those moments recently during lunch...

Finding Space for Play and Wonder

Reflections Marina Berzins McCoy

In Plato’s dialogue Theaetetus, Socrates says, “All philosophy begins in wonder” (155d). I recently thought of this in the midst of a discussion of...