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Cannonball Moments
My car entered into a spin that left me pressing locked brakes and clutching a wheel that could not be steered. Halfway through the...
Grateful for Anything—Except Dirty Looks
Driving home from work, I regularly see panhandlers standing at the freeway off-ramp. I hesitate to find Christ in them or give them money....
The Steps of the Examen
Today let’s explore the Examen through the lens of brief reflections pertaining to each step. The steps in this version of the Examen match...
How to Beat the Fear of Failure
Choose to do what you consider important to do.
Do that important thing, and keep doing it.
Don’t give up on what is important.
Look at the...
Hope Is an Art
True art requires inspiration, vision, practice, imagination, and patience. Something inspires the idea, which leads to a vision of what the painting or story...
The Grace of Failure
This topic came up in class, and it gets better as I continue to think about it. Here's the thumbnail: the young Ignatius went...
Expressing My Love for God
This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Some of St. Ignatius’s most noted words can be found in one of...
Stop-Sign Examen
It’s traditional to undertake the Examen in the middle of the day and just before bed, but for the last few weeks, I’ve found...
Consolation and Desolation
During Lent, we reflect upon our spiritual state and on our interior movement. Are we moving toward more doubt, fear, and anger? Or are...
Consolation in Everyday Life
Consolation begins deep in the self that is grateful to God in all things. As G. K. Chesterton once explained, gratitude is happiness magnified...
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