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Guiltless Pleasure
If there’s a contrast to Lent, it’s Easter. If Lent is a time for holy sacrifice, Easter is a time for holy indulgence. I...
Lenten Meditation 6: Scripture as a Thin Place
We should be aware of the thin places in our lives because they make experiences of God’s desire for each one of us, and...
Marriage as Conversion
A member of Contemplative Leaders in Action, my former student E. writes a lovely blog, A Call to Joy. In light of recent news about...
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...
Find Your Inner Iggy: Imagination
By Margaret Silf
What you see is never all you get. This is especially true in the realm of spirituality. In fact, faith is all...
Surrendering to God’s Love
This post is based on Week Eight of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.Contemplating the love of the Creator opened my heart to a new world,...
Mercy-ing
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
—John 1:14One way the Word becomes flesh and moves among us is through the particular words we—with...
Zechariah and Holy Silence
For years, I overlooked the story of Zechariah. I much preferred the story of Mary, whose fiat to the angel Gabriel stood in contrast...
An Atheist in Awe
Ryan Duns, SJ, has a couple of interesting posts about the recent televised exchange between Oprah Winfrey and the swimmer Diana Nyad about atheism...
Autumn Times of Prayer
Colorful foliage is at the heart of autumn where I live. In a good year with plenty of rain the past spring and summer,...