by Jen Coito | Jul 25, 2022 | Discernment
The clock hands keep moving later and later. I step on a monster truck and trip into the couch. Six times before dinner, two times after dinner, and another three times before bedtime. That is how many times I asked for help cleaning up the toys. I want to throw up my...
by Monique Jacobs | Jul 17, 2022 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
As far back as I can remember I have saved important stuff for a future need. Saving handwritten letters from my European grandparents on lightweight blue airmail sheets – very important. Saving my Halloween candy as a child – until my sisters absconded with my...
by Gretchen Crowder | Jul 10, 2022 | Discernment, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Desolation is a tricky subject to write about. At least, I think it is. After all, sometimes the spiritual desolation I feel is hard to describe to another person, especially if I’m trying to reason out why it is plaguing me. Spiritual desolation has come into my life...
by Liz Aceves | Jul 3, 2022 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Training to run half marathons was second nature to me. The rush of the challenge excited me and running was my prayer time. This is where I had the best conversations with God. The past two years I started finding it difficult to wake up at 5:30 am to go for a run....
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...
