Tim's Books
Discernment
Imitatio sancti
A misspent youth, getting caught up in riches and all sorts of vanity. A soldier, seeking the honors that the world tells him are worth pursuing. A stupid battle,...
Discernment
Newman
Today Pope Benedict XVI beatified John Henry Cardinal Newman, one of my heroes. A formative period in my life was during the 1990-91 academic year which I spent at...
Education
Ignatian Education
Yesterday was the first day of classes at Boston College. I love this time of year, and I love teaching at a Jesuit school (no matter what the ranking,...
Discernment
Understanding Desire
With the feast day of Saint Augustine coming up later this week (August 28) I have been thinking about his (likely) influence on Saint Ignatius—specifically, Augustine's writing about desire...
Ignatian Prayer
Prayer Works
The image of Moses waiting patiently upon Mount Sinai to see the "hind parts" of God as the Divine Majesty passed by is a lovely metaphor for how to...
Discernment
My Day in Purgatory
I took my girls to a place called Purgatory Chasm and had a metaphor experience. Metaphor experiences are of course those things you do which, once they are accomplished,...