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Hearing Places

Michelle Francl-Donnay

I heard it before I quite realized what was happening. A brief slurp, a quick sucking noise, and my right leg was swallowed up...

Arts & Faith: Advent—First Sunday Imaginative Prayer Exercise

Vinita Hampton Wright

Each week of Advent, we’ll provide an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Advent. The video and prayer for...

Marking God’s Goodness

Andy Otto

Before making the big decision to move from the East Coast to the West Coast, my wife Sarah and I prayed with the story...

Four Seconds

Mike Hayes

I drive up Eggert Road nearly every day. It’s a slight shortcut that gives me four extra minutes on my daily commute. Time is...

Three Ingredients in a Recipe for Gratitude

Lisa Kelly

So many times a day we say “thank you” out of nothing more than common courtesy at best or, at worst, out of habit,...

Housecleaning Leads to an Examen of Physical Surroundings

Loretta Pehanich

I hired a housecleaner because I simply cannot keep up with a full-time job, choir practices, leadership with a women’s fellowship, family obligations, and...

Week of Gratitude

dotMagis Editor

For the past several years, Paul Campbell, SJ, has spent the week before Thanksgiving hosting a Week of Gratitude on his blog, People for...

Walking the Labyrinth

Marina Berzins McCoy

Recently, I walked a labyrinth. There are many ways to walk a labyrinth. One can walk it in silent meditation, attentive to each step...

A Thin Place with Veterans

dotMagis Editor

Dean Hall shared with our Ignatian Spirituality Facebook community a story about experiencing a thin place in his work serving homeless veterans. One of...