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When my mother was dying, the family gathered around her bed as she was anointed. Four of the five of us children were there....

The Paradox of Christian Freedom

Jesus came to set us free. From what? The kind of freedom Ignatian spirituality preaches is freedom from the attachments, fears, and blockades that...

Deep in the Darkness

The bumper sticker on the back of the beat-up green Mini Cooper my kids drive reads, “Thank you, dark!” under a bank of what...

Three Attitudes That Can Help Us Celebrate for 50 Days

It’s the end of the semester where I teach, and while there are many goodbyes, there are also many invitations. There are invitations to...

The Four Streams That Help Me Discern

Four years ago, I was in a season of discernment that involved clarifying my yeses within ministry. Up to that point, I had been...

At the End of the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life

Margery Eagan has spent the last nine months doing the Spiritual Exercises in daily life, writing about some of the experience for Crux. As...

10 Reasons to Like the Easter Season

I recently posted this question on Facebook: “What is one reason you like the Easter season?” I received multiple responses, which I combined with...

God’s Voice Was in a Phone Call

My grandfather used to call me his “little motor mouth” when I was a child. I think Jesus might call me that, too, even...

On the Edge of Faith

This Second Week of Easter we encounter Nicodemus in the Gospels—a man who is drawn to Jesus, but never fully steps across the threshold...

Guiltless Pleasure

If there’s a contrast to Lent, it’s Easter. If Lent is a time for holy sacrifice, Easter is a time for holy indulgence. I...

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