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?

Solitude in a World of iPad Apps

I assume that everyone reading this is immersed in the "always on" world of the web, blogs, iPods, email, smart phones, iPads, and other devices. Pay heed to Fr....

Links for the Weekend

Jim Martin, SJ, on sexual abuse and the Sacred Heart. How the St. Louis Jesuits changed liturgical music. (“One person credits them with wrecking the liturgy and the next person...

Summer with the Jesuit Mission Band

A group of young Jesuits is hitting the road this summer giving renewal weekends for young adults. They call themselves the Jesuit Mission Band, and they kick off the...

Welcome Meredith Gould

Today a new blogger joins the dotMagis squad.  She is Meredith Gould, a sociologist and author with a passion for blogging, social media, and, as she puts it, "making...

Coach Wooden and Cura Personalis

A prof  at Loyola Marymount, a Muslim, eulogizes Coach John Wooden of UCLA as an exemplar of Ignatian values.  (H/T to Jim Campbell.) A teacher at heart, he cared about...

Ministers, not Messiahs

Here is a prayer for the beginning of the work week. It's a reworking of the poem "Prophets of a Future Not Our Own," by Lisa Kelly at the Ignatian...