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Desert Time
Why are we afraid of desert time? Why are we afraid and sometimes resistant to prayer time, to the quiet alone time with God?
Experienced...
The Importance of Authenticity
At The Jesuit Post, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ, writes about “Critique and Authenticity: When the Ideal Obscures the Good.” He relates a story of a...
Time to Do Life Laundry
Paul Brian Campbell, SJ, suggests that Lent is a time to do life laundry. In other words, we can use the season to unburden...
Freedom from Fear
This post is by Elizabeth Eiland Figueroa, as she begins An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
In NBC’s hit comedy The Office, boss Michael Scott asked himself...
Receptivity to God’s Love
The readings for the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord concern receptivity to God’s gifts. Isaiah’s words invite the thirsty to “come to...
A New Phase of Inner Growth
Sometimes it takes a bolt of lightning to release our creativity and kick-start the emergence of a new way of thinking or doing or...
Advent and Profound Silence
Have you ever tried playing the quiet game with a child? The younger the child, the more likely you are to win the game....
Thoughts about the Imagination and Narrative
Storytelling is crucial to how we as human beings make meaning of our lives. Ricoeur observed that while life is simply lived, we attempt...
St. John de Brébeuf’s Open Heart
This month we remember a Jesuit priest and martyr who left the relative comforts of 17th-century France to become a missionary to the Huron...
Two Differences between Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Sometimes we hesitate to forgive because we think it must automatically include reconciliation. These are two separate processes, and one does not always lead...