by Becky Eldredge | Jul 24, 2017 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Last week I received several emails in response to the “Hearing the Call” reflection. People wrote saying, “Sometimes the challenge isn’t hearing the call, but knowing how to respond to it or having the courage to say yes to it.” I...
by Becky Eldredge | Jul 18, 2017 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer, Spiritual Direction
I don’t know about you, but sometimes, I feel pulled in multiple directions at one time. Loved ones, colleagues, heck, even strangers, have opinions about what God is calling me to do. When it comes down to it, there is one place I trust more than anything when...
by Becky Eldredge | Jul 6, 2017 | Hope, Love & Mercy, Prayer
I began this post last week, and I sit today finishing it from the waiting room of the hospital. While I was at the USCCB convocation this past weekend, my grandfather developed an infection where his last two tumor removal surgeries occurred. He had surgery again...
by Becky Eldredge | Jun 5, 2017 | Examen, Hope, Ignatian Spirituality
One of my friends and colleagues who helps make hope real for me is Andy Otto. I first met Andy when we were exhibit booth neighbors at a Catholic Conference. At the time, I was working for Charis Ministries, and he was working for a Catholic TV station...
by Becky Eldredge | May 22, 2017 | Hope, Love & Mercy
Would it make you feel better to know that God is helping us hope? A fundamental piece of our theology and our salvation history is that God acts first. Thankfully, we are not on our own working things out nor are we left by ourselves to make hope real. God took the...