by Becky Eldredge | Mar 19, 2023 | Examen, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality
Surrendering Like Joseph For over four years the idea of creating a course on Ignatian prayer sat tucked away on a long-term dream list. Every now and then, it would resurface to the forefront, but as I prayed with it God would gently tuck it away again for further...
by Jean Heaton | Mar 12, 2023 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Resisting Mercy: Connection is the Antidote We sat at our gate staring at the monitor. Our plane had already been delayed once. If you’d told me that southern California would get a winter storm, complete with snow, I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet here we were...
by Mary Ann Gessner | Mar 5, 2023 | Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Does anyone else struggle with intimacy in prayer? This was not a concept or experience encouraged when I was growing up, and it has been a struggle even now after 5-ish years of immersion in Ignatian Spirituality. Ignatian Contemplation has been a great gift...
by Jen Coito | Feb 26, 2023 | Catholic, Faith in Action, Ignatian Spirituality, Love & Mercy
Holding Down the Sand – Resisting Forgiveness “I’m holding down the sand!” My daughter stamped down the shifting beach sand with all her might, trying to keep the waves from pulling it away. Her desperate attempts to contain the earth beneath her feet has become...
by Monique Jacobs | Feb 19, 2023 | Catholic, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer
Squatting at eye level to see my tiny niece allowed me to hear her more clearly. The whispered voice, warm and moist with a child’s eagerness, played in my ear – “Aunt Mo, how do I talk to Jesus?” The desire to communicate with God springs forth from the heart of...
