Loretta's Book
Something to Think About
Conversations from Reading with Children
Conversations with children can cycle from hilarious to inspirational to challenging.
When my son was in preschool, I told him once that I’d slept badly. He asked, “Too many hoots?”...
Reflections
Just One of Those Things
“It’s just one of those things,” my grandma used to say all the time. It meant that she heard, but she had no helpful comment or answer to my...
Ignatian Prayer
A Beautiful Gift at the Beautiful Gate
This story is inspired by Acts 3:1–13.
Before meeting the Apostles Peter and John after Christ’s Resurrection, I spent my days unproductively at the Beautiful Gate. Every morning family members...
Reflections
Baby Jesus and Lent’s Refining
It may be Lent, but I’m thinking about the baby Jesus, thanks to a picture of a friend’s grandson, Owen, asleep in his mother’s arms. God, who arrived on...
Ignatian Prayer
An Apostle’s Colloquy with Mary
Imagine one of the Apostles sharing part of his story.
I’ve always liked to go to Jesus’ mother for conversation. People sometimes ask me why I speak to Mary instead...
Ignatian Prayer
Reflecting God
I strive for distractions-free prayer spaces, and I was sure the stateroom balcony on our once-in-a-lifetime cruise would be such a place. A monotonous horizon of water stretched in...