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...

The Devil in a Piece of Pie

Reflections Loretta Pehanich

Waiting for a friend at a local coffee shop, I used my smartphone to read a portion of the first letter of John. God...

Listening for God in Nature

Reflections Becky Eldredge

My love of nature began when I was a young child nurtured through the witness of my parents’ respect and awe of creation in...

When You Think Someone Is Wrong

Spiritual Exercises Jim Manney

I've been thinking about Ignatius's Presupposition lately. This is a ground rule for the Spiritual Exercises that he puts right at the beginning of the book. It's...

Taking Off My Shoes

Reflections Tim Muldoon

“Nor can foot feel, being shod” This line from Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem “God’s Grandeur” is a commentary on what the poet saw as one...

What Time Is It?

Reflections Cindy Ristroph

“What time is it?” “It’s time to die.” Although the conversation between Mamma and her oncologist several months ago didn’t exactly happen with those words, that’s...

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