by Charlotte Phillips | Feb 10, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Our call to discipleship can come in many ways. Sometimes God may call us in big ways-a change in career, taking on a leadership role at work or in an organization we volunteer for, or stepping back from work to care for our children or our parents. Other times...
by Claudia Maxson | Feb 3, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
True discipleship requires following Jesus into the unknown. I was over forty when I received my call (yes, literally a call) to teach, something I never even considered before. An agreement to fill in as a part-time, temporary employee led me to devote the next two...
by Stephanie Clouatre Davis | Jan 31, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
In the heat of Louisiana summer, I could smell the mud. The history of organized sin and violence hangs in the air and landed heavy on my skin. In the heat, I imagined slaves tilling the mud and the particles of sweat and mud filling the air. During the height of...
by Janelle Sevier, SNDdeN | Jan 27, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Early in my ministry as a Spiritual Director, while working in Kenya, I was asked by a young man if he could come and talk. He arrived along with another young man, so I welcomed them both into the house. After greeting one another and some small chit-chat, I asked if...
by Jenene Francis | Jan 24, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
It was a hectic week ahead – parish visitation reports and check ins, retreat ministries’ board of directors meetings, advancing research projects, finalizing details for a Zoom-based prayer experience for staff instead of our usual mass and office celebration,...