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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...

The Gift of the Ordinary

Last week my 84-year-old mother was in the hospital. For days on end doctors tried this and that to stabilize her heart. What struck...

Mom’s Wisdom

My mom always said, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.” This is a mantra of my youth that tumbles as easily...

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