Lent is the season during which we consider what it means to be fallen creation, in need of divine help. In Week 3 of our Ignatian Prayer Adventure, we're encouraged to think about sin at different levels. There's the...

My three favorite words in any language are, “O felix culpa—O happy fault.” I talk about why in today's video, part of our discussion of sin in this Week 3 of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Visit the Ignatian Prayer Adventure...

An Ignatian Prayer Adventure continues with Week 3 materials ready today. Our theme is “Something's Broken,” and we consider the effects of sin in the world and in our lives. The aim is not to dwell in guilt and despair....

Tuesday you saw me talk about the examen in a short video.  Today you can read blog posts about the examen by a Presbyterian pastor in Florida and an Episcopalian science teacher in Pennsylvania.   What can I say?  I...

My new favorite description of love is the willingness to enter a mess. It's a pretty decent description of the Incarnation (or kenosis for you theologians out there); it captures the spirit of that oft-quoted passage from Matthew 25...

A while back, I felt deflated when I discovered that the wonderful Prayer of St. Francis ("Lord, make me an instrument of your peace") wasn't written by Francis at all. It was written in 1912 by a writer for...

You can look at the day you just lived through, and notice certain things. The physical: What did you see? What did you hear? Taste? Smell? Touch? What was the weather like? How was the sky? What impact did all...

In this second week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, we're reflecting on finding God in all things and looking at how the Examen can help us do that. In today's video, I talk about the Examen and why it's...

As I write this post, my inbox is filling up with e-mails due to a dialogue with family members about various faith topics. What is unique about this e-mail chain is that my family is full of ordained ministers...

The Examen is a simple form for “checking in” daily with God. It's a review of your day, by which you observe how you felt, what you did or didn't do, and how grace was present and active. The...