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Prayer and the Second Week
This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure.
Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ, makes these key points in talking about prayer and...
Joy in January
“Joy in January” might seem a contradiction in terms. For many of us, January is a cold, wet, sloppy month. For Christians, there’s the...
Looking Back to Look Forward in Advent
When my children were younger, we would go on long road trips during the winter holiday from school to visit our families. We’d eagerly...
Spiritual Family Heirlooms
My mother-in-law passed away several months ago, and now my husband and his siblings are going through the arduous task of sorting through her...
A Sense of Serenity
This past year, my family decided to watch the entire Seinfeld series. My children are now old enough to get the jokes, and enough...
Stay Hydrated
This morning as I chatted with a parking garage guard at my workplace, he amiably said, “Stay hydrated. It’s hot out there.” As I...
Five Ways to Follow St. Ignatius’s Example to See All Things New in Christ
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found...
Time for Prayer
How hard can it be to take 10, 15, 20 minutes a day for dedicated prayer or reflection and contemplation? And yet the commitment...
What I Learned About God Through My Pet Bird
My bird, Charlie, died last month.
Charlie was a beautiful little parrot, jam-packed with personality. Most days, my shoulder was her perch, from which she...
My Attitude About Time and Manna
Each day, God gives me enough time.
It sure doesn’t feel like it.
Today I did not have time to play my guitar or piano or...