How to Think about Tiger Woods
Always look for the good in people, said Ignatius Loyola. He said "be more eager to put a good interpretation on a neighbor's statement...
Shared Silence
I am on retreat with some 40 Boston College students. For five days, we are keeping silence together and attending to the mystery of God.
During...
Jesus with Us
In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius encourages us to pray with our imaginations. He suggests we enter into the nativity scene in our mind's...
Resolutions?
I'm not one to make new year's resolutions, but because my calendar now says 2010 I can't help but think a little about them.
I...
Christmas Pageant
Two nights ago I witnessed an annual event which has become one of my favorite events of the entire year: the Christmas pageant at...
Happy Holidays?
I often flinch inside when someone wishes me “happy holidays.” “What’s wrong with saying ‘Merry Christmas?’” says the annoyed inner voice. Nothing, of course,...
See Who Has Created These Things
Last Wednesday, we had a blizzard in Omaha and Creighton University was closed. Nine inches of snow was whipped by a ferocious...
Christmas Carols and Unexpected Grace
The other morning while running on a treadmill at the local gym, I was jarred out of my early morning daze by a line...
Faith and Action
Ignatian spirituality owes a great debt to Aristotle. Not a surprise, really--Ignatius absorbed the theology of Thomas Aquinas, who imbibed the philosophy of Aristotle...
Married Every Day
I went to a funeral Monday morning; the mother of a friend. She was about 95 and left behind a grieving husband...
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