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Gerri Leder

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When Walking Became a Disordered Attachment

Gretchen Crowder

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Our Road to Emmaus

Lisa Kelly

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We Don’t Hope Alone

Loretta Pehanich

A Week with Jesus: Making the Examen More Intentional

Examen Eric Gurash

The daily Examen or Awareness Examen is a reflective, prayerful, spiritual practice that comes to us from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola....

Wisdom from an Empty Nest

Reflections Melinda LeBlanc

It was nearing the end of a weekend-long conference that, with the help of several others, I had planned and directed. Despite the fact...

Hope and the Common Good

Reflections Lisa Kelly

There is a scene in the movie The Shawshank Redemption in which the two main characters, both prisoners in the 1950s, debate about hope....

Act Against the Creative Censor

Reflections Eric Clayton

We are made in the image and likeness of our God who creates. It doesn’t matter if we don’t make our living writing, painting,...

No Patience

Reflections Gretchen Crowder

I am not a patient person. I like to act quickly and want everything and everyone to act just as quickly as I do. Perhaps...

God in the Details

Reflections Shemaiah Gonzalez

Once when I was a little girl, I walked by the front door to our house and noticed a shaft of light shining through...

Hope and a Call for Change

Reflections Rebecca Ruiz

As a spiritual director, I have the great privilege to accompany individuals on their spiritual journeys. Some of the people that I accompany serve...

The Miracle Organ

Reflections Giacinta

During a recent holiday, I visited a man who received a new organ from a donor. Childhood illnesses had ravaged his body. These complications...

Counterfeit Consolation

Discernment dotMagis Editor

We need Ignatius’s first set of rules for discernment because desolation is a common experience. We need his second set because of another unwelcome...