Welcome to Week 2 of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. In today's video, I talk about desire and praying for the grace that you desire. Visit the Ignatian Prayer Adventure page for links to the second week's full set of materials.

Week 2 of our Ignatian Prayer Adventure retreat begins today.  The theme of the week is "Finding God in All Things."Don't worry if you haven't done Week 1.  You can start the retreat now.  Or you can just stop...

Last weekend, my husband, Jim and I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.  At the end, we opened our fortune cookies.  Mine was bland and offered lucky numbers.  But Jim's fortune was specific and intriguing:  “Three months from this...

During this first week of our Lenten retreat, we have concentrated on what St. Ignatius called the Principle and Foundation. I've referred to this as our essential nature as people created by God for the purpose of living out...

Meredith, Yesterday was Ash Wednesday!  Here I am, still getting used to the Kindle I got for Christmas, and Lent is here.  Can the Fourth of July be far behind? My question has to do with Lent -- in a way. ...

Here's a short video from Busted Halo that covers a lot of ground in not a lot of time.  (Click here to view it on YouTube.)

I grew up in a religious subculture that was very certain about who God was and how God operated. Very often I heard, “God loves you and has a plan for your life!” At times this was a comforting...

We're reflecting on freedom in this first week of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Ignatius has a radical view of spiritual freedom. He says that to be truly free, we shouldn't worry about whether we are healthy or sick, rich or...

The Lent-Easter Ignatian Prayer Adventure online retreat started yesterday, but you can join in any time.  Take a look. I thought I'd mention a couple of other Lenten resources.  A couple are out of the ordinary. Other6 Prays Lent is an...

Christian spirituality in general and Ignatian spirituality in particular operate from an overarching assumption. We believe that humanity has inherent purpose. That purpose fueled our very creation. God desires our existence, and so . . . we are. In traditional...