Tim's Books
Discernment
The Grace of Failure
This topic came up in class, and it gets better as I continue to think about it. Here's the thumbnail: the young Ignatius went to Jerusalem to imitate St....
Spiritual Exercises
Practice, Love
I'd like to propose a juxtaposition of two ideas that emerge from the Spiritual Exercises: practice and love. Without getting into too much insider baseball on how Ignatius's text...
Discernment
The Long Ride
I do some of my best thinking and praying while running or biking. This morning I considered how biking hills is not a bad analogy to the discernment of...
Discernment
God’s Project
I first encountered the term "God's project" in an essay by Joseph Tetlow, SJ. I think it's an idea worth considering further. Looking at the world as God's project...
Discernment
Form My Heart
At every moment of my life I have two options. If I allow it, God will form my heart more and more in the image of his Son. I...
Discernment
Discernment as Common Vision
As I deepen my love for my friend, I come to know what she likes and dislikes. I come to see the world through her eyes, and thereby experience it...