Reclaiming Sabbath
With only a few weeks of Lent remaining, I want to offer a suggestion for our faith journeys that will carry us beyond Lent:...
Where Have We Not Yet Surrendered Our Lives to God?
Many of us give up something as part of a Lenten fast. Fasting helps us in our almsgiving in having more to give away...
Lenten Meditation 4: God’s Vulnerability
In Jesus, God saves us by becoming so vulnerable that we are able to kill him in a vile and humiliating way. The crucifixion...
Contemplation on the Dance Floor
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
In the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises, Ignatius invites us to imagine...
God Runs
This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
“While he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled...
Desert Time
Why are we afraid of desert time? Why are we afraid and sometimes resistant to prayer time, to the quiet alone time with God?
Experienced...
Lenten Meditation 2: The Lie at the Heart of Human Sinfulness
The lie at the heart of human sinfulness is that we can gain control of our existence by some action of our own and...
Lenten Meditation 1: Friendship with God
I maintain that God—out of the abundance of divine relational life, not any need for us—desires humans into existence for the sake of friendship....
Freedom from Fear
This post is by Elizabeth Eiland Figueroa, as she begins An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
In NBC’s hit comedy The Office, boss Michael Scott asked himself...
Answered Prayers
My brother came to stay with my family recently while he attended training in our city. While I was happy to welcome him, I...
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