Eric Clayton

Eric A. Clayton is the deputy director of communications for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. He has a BA in creative writing and international studies from Fairfield University and an MA in international media from American University. Eric writes Story Scraps on Substack. He lives in Baltimore, MD, with his wife and two daughters. Clayton is the author of Cannonball Moments: Telling Your Story, Deepening Your Faith, My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars, and Finding Peace Here and Now: How Ignatian Spirituality Leads to Healing and Wholeness.
Books by Eric A. Clayton

Eric's Books

  • Cannonball Moments
  • My Life with the Jedi

Why We Need to Awaken Our Senses

There was a time when I saw an acupuncturist nearly every week. I remember one appointment in particular. My acupuncturist was carefully filling my belly with tiny needles. “Can you...

Finding the Leaks

One morning several years ago, I came downstairs to discover a disconcertingly large puddle in the middle of our kitchen. The errant water sat still and far apart from...

The Hedgehog Conundrum

Not long after my wife and I got married, we bought a pet hedgehog. Our plan had been in the works since our undergraduate days; no one was more...

Wandering Prayer

When was the last time you got distracted in prayer? It happens to me all the time. A moment of contemplative silence is shattered by the arrival of two rambunctious...

When a Petal Falls

When I was in college, a friend and I made a silent retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani. If the abbey sounds familiar, it may be because you are...

The Audacity of Finding God in Pop Culture

Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on...