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Word from Becky: The Work of the Fall Season
Dear friends, Happy Fall! I chuckle even mentioning the fall season living in Louisiana as our temperatures remain daily in the 80’s. While the weather does not show signs of fall, seeing fall decorations in our neighborhood along with our children’s excited...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Receiving the Promised 153 Fish
Receiving the Promised 153 Fish I remember the day so clearly when Jesus promised 153 fish would come on shore. It was early morning in April 2022, and I was sitting on a couch in an airbnb in San Diego. Our family was there for vacation over our kids’ Easter...
Living and Leading in the Deep – It Takes a Village
It Takes A Village: Forming Community to Found A New Ministry Becky Eldredge does me a great honor considering me a midwife for Ignatian Ministries. A midwife is one who accompanies a woman during and after pregnancy, present during labor and delivery, to help her...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Community
Community – And every day the Lord added to their numbers As we have discerned all of the various aspects and desires we were holding for Ignatian Ministries over the past year, community has always been an integral part, or a “cornerstone” of the ministry. Our...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Offering the Living Water
At the well Jesus met the woman who was thirsty. We can all identify with the busyness and thirst experienced by the woman at the well (John 4: 5-30). She was likely busy with tasks to complete, like gathering water, and all of the other tasks and labors required...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Accompaniment in Hard Times
Jesus, are you there? I’ve asked this question more times than I’d like to admit. Sometimes loneliness consumes us in ways we are honestly too afraid to admit. To think our world has a population of nearly 8 billion people, yet life can sometimes feel like an...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Inner Chapel Community
Did I just do that? Did I raise my hand to volunteer? When I volunteered three years ago, I did not realize what I was saying yes to. We began gathering together three years ago to help Becky Eldredge launch her book, The Inner Chapel: Embracing the Promises of...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Mary and Elizabeth
I shared last week, in my weekly Word From Becky email, how the birth of Ignatian Ministries has felt like living and leading in the deep. There continues to be an invitation in prayer for me to look back over these past few years to savor God’s unfolding...
Living and Leading in the Deep – Multiplying the Loaves and Fishes
Multiplying the Loaves and Fishes: What do I have to offer? My journey with Ignatian Ministries began nearly 23 years ago with a simple invitation from Becky: “Hey Chris! I’ve been asked to lead a retreat, and I am putting together a team – would you be...
Consolation Beyond a Smile – Alignment
“There are no words.” A friend reached out to our prayer group in sorrow yesterday to share that her dear family member’s life journey would be ending soon. She wrote, “There are no words.” and yet, we all responded with words: words of the promise of prayers,...
