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 Charlotte Phillips | Apr 20, 2022 | Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy, Prayer
Having just passed the two-year mark from the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, I spent some time asking myself, How did we ever make it through those first few months during lockdown? I noticed a lot of memories from two years ago pop up on social media. As with...
by Vinita Wright | Apr 3, 2022 | Discernment, Hope, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
This topic deserves its own book, but I will summarize what I see as reasons a person might feel that she or he does not belong to God. A Faulty Concept or Image of God. When I feel as if I don’t belong to God, I’ve learned to ask the question: Whose God? My concept...
by Beth Knobbe | Mar 6, 2022 | Love & Mercy
My best friend and I recently spent a long weekend getaway in Michigan. We stopped by a local vineyard to sample the wine and ran into a married couple on a Sunday outing of their own. The husband immediately cracked a joke with the hostess, before pulling up a spot...
by Charlotte Phillips | Feb 6, 2022 | Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy, Prayer
Have you ever wanted to go to God in prayer, but didn’t feel like you could? Maybe it’s been a while since you have prayed, maybe you’ve said or done something unkind to someone and you feel guilty for your actions, maybe your heart is broken from grief or from the...
