It's easy to distance ourselves from the birth of Jesus. After all, it happened more than 2,000 years ago, and it happened in a place quite different from where most of us—the blog-reading community—live. A few of us have...

In this week's video, I respond to comments inspired by last week's video: Sin, O Happy Fault. Try giving up being tough on yourself, and instead concentrate on accepting God's love in your life. Visit the Ignatian Prayer Adventure page...

Our online retreat continues with Week 4 of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure ready today. We're moving into the Second Week of the Spiritual Exercises and begin by contemplating the Incarnation and the birth of Jesus. If you're just coming to...

Through praying with the various Scriptures suggested for the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises, we come to understand that even though we are sinful people God still loves us and offers us forgiveness. We are invited to view...

I recently followed a link on this site to a 2003 article in America that expanded my understanding of Ignatian discernment.  I knew about discernment of the inner movements of the heart.  But William Spohn, SJ, points out how...

We have begun to consider what sin looks like in the big picture. But that's not enough. Sooner or later, I must take that slow and thoughtful look at my own life and identify where, in that life, God's...

Looking at our sins and faults allows us to take responsibility for them. We can possess them; they no longer possess us. We become more and more able to give our whole selves to God, and to become the...

Meredith, I had a thought after reading your answer to my last question in this blog-alogue about social media.  You talked about using social media to enhance our relationship with God and to help us serve and support others.  I...

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...