by Melinda LeBlanc | Jun 26, 2022 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
I have a friend who had serious time management problems. She was always late. Seriously late. This included Sunday mass, even though she loved the liturgy and the spiritual community she was with each week. Then one day she shared with me that she had stopped...
by Mary Ann Gessner | Jun 19, 2022 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Don’t let the white hair fool you, I’m not yet 4 years old…in Ignatian Spirituality terms, that is. The thought of writing my first Into the Deep piece has me pestered by internal voices calling me out as an imposter. What were you thinking saying yes? You don’t...
by Jean Heaton | Jun 12, 2022 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
There is a large shopping mall near my home. The hallway connecting the stores forms a circle. Unless I find a map kiosk, illustrating a diagram of the mall and its stores, with a star revealing, ‘you are here,’ I tend to take the long way around. Knowing where I am...
by Becky Eldredge | Jun 5, 2022 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Brady completed his first year of high school last week. In the final days of his freshmen year, I watched his tenacity grow as he studied for his exams. The diligent exercise of studying. Practicing math problems over and over again. Reviewing concepts. Reading...
by Kathy Powell | May 29, 2022 | Hope, Prayer
“I promise, I’m not changing the channel … I just want to hold the remote.” My then 5-year-old daughter’s eyes were big and her voice was a high-pitched whine as she grabbed for the remote.As I was thinking about how to sustain hope when circumstances are beyond our...
by Beth Knobbe | May 22, 2022 | Faith in Action, Hope, Love & Mercy
I need to apologize to you … I felt like the prodigal daughter who stomped away from a difficult conversation only to be filled with remorse. In a moment of frustration, I lost my patience and let loose on a colleague. I was looking for someone to blame and...
by Jen Coito | May 15, 2022 | Catholic, Faith in Action, Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy, Prayer
“There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly.” – Mark 5:25-26 My anxiety is hemorrhaging out of me. Over time I have learned to deal with my triggers in more effective ways. But some days, like today, it hemorrhages....
by Stephanie Clouatre Davis | May 8, 2022 | Faith in Action, Hope, Prayer
We had no beds for our children after Hurricane Katrina. I remember sitting on the curb outside of an old K&B Drugstore that had long closed down in the small town outside of New Orleans where I had grown up. My oldest daughter struggled as a toddler to sit beside...
by Gretchen Crowder | May 2, 2022 | Hope
Truth be told, I am kicking myself for agreeing to write on this particular topic for this series on Sustaining Hope. A couple months ago when I put my name down for this and typed the words “finding hope in the unknown” as my choice of topics, I thought I would have...
by Jenene Francis | Apr 24, 2022 | Discernment, Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4 (NAB) It feels like I’ve been waiting a long time for more light and warmer days to chase away damp, late...
