Ignatian Prayer
The Brain, Silly Putty, and Prayer
After reading a scientific essay about the brain, Jim McDermott writes in America:
Because here’s the other crazy-cool thing about the brain: it’s like Silly Putty. It remains flexible throughout...
Web Community
Finding God in Church Events
At the start of each week, we invite our Ignatian Spirituality Facebook community to share where they have found God in the last few days. This weekend brought some...
Ignatian Prayer
Joseph Tetlow on Prayer
Joseph Tetlow, SJ, is one of the Jesuits' leading authorities on spiritual direction. For years he worked in Rome as head of the Society's Secretariat for Ignatian Spirituality. In...
People
Soon-to-Be-Saint Mother Teresa
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly recently released a piece on Mother Teresa and Sainthood, featuring comments from Sister Mangala of the Missionaries of Charity; Jim Towey, president of Ave Maria...
Books
The Challenges of Life
When we are in transition, depending on how serious the breakdown is, we may feel as though almost every aspect of life has been disrupted. The old certainties, the...
Spiritual Exercises
Positive Intent
Educator Laura Thomas was at a meeting in which they started by outlining expectations. One caught her by surprise: “Assume positive intent.”
I was drawn up a bit short by...