Jose Funes, SJ, director of the Vatican Observatory, talks to New Scientist about his work and the relationship between religion and science. Is the conflict between intelligent design and evolution an example of an "apparent" conflict between science and...

A friend of mine, whose son was born with Down Syndrome, turned me on to Natalie Merchant's song "Wonder." I think it's a song especially about disabled children,  but it applies to all children.  Maybe that's why it...

It's July, the month of high summer (in the Northern Hemisphere) and the month of St. Ignatius Loyola, whose spiritual ideas we celebrate here at IgnatianSpirituality.com.  Ignatius's feast day is July 31.  Loyola Press has assembled a collection of...

I recently took my girls to the drive-in to see the remake of a film I enjoyed when I was younger--The Karate Kid.  Now, several days removed from seeing it, I find myself struck by how much it resonates...

I was struck by the post here last week “Solitude in a World of iPad Apps” about an article by Fr. Jim Martin, SJ.  On the day it was posted here, I was ending an 8 day silent...

Psychologists study a phenomenon called "disregard of regression toward the mean." This is our tendency to expect that extreme performance will continue. It's a common mistake.I've had a string of good days lately. Writing comes easily, ideas...

Tim Muldoon argues that Ignatian spirituality speaks to the postmodern sensibility because it prizes imagination and experience rather than doctrine and analysis: It is based on a personal, imaginative exploration of the gospel, and it invites people to choose freely...

I assume that everyone reading this is immersed in the "always on" world of the web, blogs, iPods, email, smart phones, iPads, and other devices. Pay heed to Fr. Jim Martin's plea to disconnect every once in a while: Sometimes...

I probably can't describe how I know if and when I'm hearing from the Almighty without sounding odd.  Let's just say I've (pretty much) learned how to distinguish God's prompts from whatever is bubbling up from the simmering cauldron...

Jim Martin, SJ, on sexual abuse and the Sacred Heart. How the St. Louis Jesuits changed liturgical music. (“One person credits them with wrecking the liturgy and the next person credits them with saving it.") Jim McDermott, SJ, on why movie...