Jim Manney

Jim Manney is the author of highly praised popular books on Ignatian spirituality, including A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer (about the Daily Examen) and God Finds Us (about the Spiritual Exercises). He is the compiler/editor of An Ignatian Book of Days. His latest book is What Matters Most and Why. He and his wife live in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Books by Jim Manney

Jim's Books

  • A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer
  • Una oración sencilla que cambia la vida
  • Ignatian Spirituality A to Z
  • An Ignatian Book of Days
  • God Finds Us
  • Charged with Grandeur
  • What's Your Decision?

An Examen “From Ashes to Glory”

This Lent we are offering a prayer exercise, “From Ashes to Glory,” based on Ignatius's Examen. It is by Joseph Tetlow, SJ, a writer and esteemed spiritual director who...

A New Serenity Prayer

I have a friend who says that the basis of all true religion is believing that "There is a God and I'm not him."  That's the spirit of this...

God Finds Us: A Preface

This is the preface to God Finds Us, my book about the Spiritual Exercises: A few years ago I made the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola with the help of...

A New Book: God Finds Us

People who know that I write about Ignatian spirituality sometimes ask me about the Spiritual Exercises. What are they? What do you do? What can you expect? I tell...

An Ignatian Prayer Adventure 2013

Last year we launched An Ignatian Prayer Adventure, an eight-week online adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises. As we draw close to Lent 2013, I invite you to participate again...

Magis 2013

This blog is interested in all things Magis, so we're solidly behind Magis 2013, a festival of Jesuit-sponsored service projects and cultural experiences leading up to World Youth Day...