Eric Clayton

https://ericclaytonwrites.com/
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

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Spiritual Exercises

Our Presence Is Enough

This post is based on Week Four of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. We had only been home for a handful of hours. We were groggy and grumpy and anxious. And...
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Spiritual Exercises

Darth Vader and the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises

This post is based on Week Three of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. There’s a scene in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi that neatly sums up a key theme of...
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Examen

Confetti All Around

This post is based on Week Two of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. Cards from my parents should come with a warning: “Proceed with caution.” It doesn’t matter the occasion—birthdays, Valentine’s...
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Spiritual Exercises

Rigid or Rearranged?

This post is based on Week One of An Ignatian Prayer Adventure. My collection of Star Wars LEGO sets has increased about 400%—an unintended, though not altogether unwanted, side effect...
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