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Examen Prayer for the Year
As we transition into the new year, let’s try an Examen prayer of our previous year. It’s really pretty simple: the Examen helps us...
Arts & Faith: Christmas Imaginative Prayer Exercise
Each week of Advent, we’ve provided an Ignatian prayer for you, inspired by a video from Arts & Faith: Advent. Today we share the...
What Could Have Been
Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.—German ProverbBut what if you can’t even...
Four Seconds
I drive up Eggert Road nearly every day. It’s a slight shortcut that gives me four extra minutes on my daily commute. Time is...
A Mom’s Examen (aka “The Burnt Cookie Examen”)
St. Ignatius taught the valuable spiritual practice of praying the Examen daily. When I sit down at the end of the day for my...
Ignatian Spirituality Overlaps with Contemporary Psychology
Dr. Christopher Kaczor is a professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He recently wrote an overview of how Ignatian spirituality overlaps with contemporary...
Prayer Is the Sharing of Presence
When I spend time with a friend, I want that person’s presence. After a while, a phone call or an e-mail just isn’t good...
Compost, Dorothy Day, and Transformation
Last year, we acquired a large compost bin to dispose of many of our leaves, weeds, and food waste. Our backyard compost bin is...
Listening and Continuously Engaging the Call
Some years ago, I became aware of the call to return to college for a Masters degree in Religious Education. At first it was...
Reimagining the Ignatian Examen Flip Books
The Examen, as Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ, says, “brings my nitty-gritty to God and God to my nitty-gritty.” St. Ignatius advised praying the Examen...
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