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God’s Grace and Our Efforts

Vinita Hampton Wright

I have watched myself and other people swing back and forth between two extremes of expectation when it comes to spiritual growth. One expectation is...

Explaining Thanksgiving

Jane Knuth

When I was in college, I studied abroad for a year in Madrid, Spain. The father of my host family was a teacher in...

Coming Together at Table

Rebecca Ruiz

Growing up, our table was always filled with friend and stranger. While we lived far from our own families of origin, we were never...

God Receives Us

Marina Berzins McCoy

The Ignatian Suscipe begins with the words, “Take, Lord, and receive…” This prayer then goes on to offer oneself to God. The Suscipe is...

The Gratitude List

Jim Manney

A friend of mine was stuck in traffic in New York City late on a summer Friday afternoon. He was really stuck—sitting in his...

Jubilee You’ve multiplied the many fruits of every gift You’ve given me: music, service, intellect, with love-begetting-love multiplied most; and now like a plant in a pot You ask me to rest; and looking...

The Power of One

dotMagis Editor

This whole universe, with its trillions of galaxies, began as a tiny speck of concentrated energy; smaller than a grain of salt. When you were...

Even in the Aftermath

Cara Callbeck

Recently I attended the showing of a local organization’s documentary called After a Suicide—Moving Past Why. While this would not normally be on the...