Tim's Books
Discernment
Reframing Our Vision
In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, but also of transitions and passages. It is therefore no surprise that they associated the new year—the...
Discernment
Job and Desolation
Job, we are told, was a righteous man, graced by God with all manner of blessing. But when Satan struck a wager with God that he could make Job...
Ignatian Prayer
What Do We Pray for When We Pray to See All Things New in Christ?
Editor’s note: Throughout July, we’re hosting 31 Days with St. Ignatius, a month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality. In addition to the calendar of Ignatian articles found here, posts on dotMagis this month will...
Spiritual Exercises
Challenge and the Meditation on Two Standards
A central meditation in St. Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises is that of the Two Standards, in which retreatants are to imagine two armies on a battlefield, each holding a flag...
Poetry
The Narrow Door
I love the narrow door—You know, the one at the school
Where parents and children cram in
At the beginning of the day at Saint Paul,
Rushing to beat the bell.
They are...
Spirituality
Sacred Time
This weekend the Church begins its observance of Advent. He is coming!
I marvel at the way the Church has, over its history, sought to mark sacred time. The philosopher...