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Reconciling with Distractions

Loretta Pehanich

“God, reveal my hidden flaws to me,” I prayed one evening. Nothing happened. No insights surfaced. “How can I reform my life if I don’t...

Lenten Read-Along: A Prayer for New Life

Marina Berzins McCoy

Help me live into new life. Help me to unclench my tight fists. Breathe new life into my lungs, hands, feet, voice. These are...

The Two Standards and Letting Go

Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week Five of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. It was the last day of a recovery retreat when my partner, Sister...

Following the Spirit’s Lead in Communal Discernment

Becky Eldredge

We all suddenly paused in the middle of our meeting. I looked around and could sense that others felt what I was noticing: the...

Lenten Read-Along: Examen of God’s Compassion and Mercy for Me

Marina Berzins McCoy

I begin by giving thanks for the good gifts God has given me so far. I ask God for the gifts of insight...

Getting to Know Jesus at the Heart Level

Jean Heaton

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. When my husband and I first married, we moved over 500 miles away...

Living with Unexpected Change

Vinita Hampton Wright

“Living with unexpected change” describes the life of just about everybody I know. A marriage hits hard times thanks to extended illness or unemployment....

Lenten Read-Along: Prayer in a Time of Anger

Marina Berzins McCoy

God of welcome, God of embrace, As ocean waves rise and fall, as stormy clouds gather and clear, as moving winds blow and subside, So, too, does my...