by Charlotte Phillips | May 9, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
I still remember the moments shortly after my Dad died. I was standing in his hospital room and, with uncontrollable tears running down my face, I ripped my glasses off. I almost snapped them in half but caught myself and stormed out of the room into the empty...
by Stephanie Clouatre Davis | May 5, 2021 | Discernment, Examen, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
I had just entered the world of ministry and my desire to serve was deep. Because I wasn’t married or with children yet, I remember devoting every minute to the people of God. I treated myself as a missionary, but that decision led to an unhealthy place. Sitting...
by Faye Coorpender | May 2, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
The teacher said, “Dip your brush in water and wash the entire surface.” My first watercolor class ever. It was all so new. I craned my neck, raised up in my chair, and squinted to see what the teacher was doing. The first step was easy. I mean, who can’t dip a brush...
by Jenene Francis | Apr 28, 2021 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Creatures have been gifted with different kinds of sight. In addition to seeing blue, green, and red in the color spectrum, birds can also see UV light invisible to humans, giving them another whole range of beauty we can’t perceive. Humans are among other species...
by Gretchen Crowder | Apr 25, 2021 | Discernment, Ignatian Spirituality
Have you ever seen DaVinci’s work The Adoration of the Magi San Donato in Scopeto? The most fascinating thing about this artwork to me is that it is unfinished. Leonardo DaVinci had thirty months to complete this altarpiece for the Augustinian friars, but before he...
