Vinita's Books
Books
Forgiveness: Making Friends with Time
Marina Berzins McCoy’s new book, The Ignatian Guide to Forgiveness, may be one of the best resources for spiritual health available to people who are wounded. I have read...
Reflections
Staring Our Way to Recognition
Have you ever seen something that you could not identify as anything familiar, and so all you could do was stare at it in a rather stupid way? When...
Spiritual Exercises
Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 2
In terms of the Spiritual Exercises, one critical goal of writing a spiritual autobiography is to recognize God’s action in our past: God’s presence, grace, and gifts to us.
If...
Spiritual Exercises
Writing Spiritual Autobiography as It Relates to the Spiritual Exercises, Part 1
St. Ignatius understood the importance of reviewing one’s life when he built this practice into the Spiritual Exercises centuries ago. His emphasis was to help a person identify past...
Spirituality
How Someone Who Trusts in God Acts
If I trust God, how will that affect my behavior?
That depends on what I trust God to do or be. If my expectation is that God will beat up...
Retreats
Creativity During Advent: A Writing Exercise
Imagine that Jesus is going to be born in your neighborhood. Try to forget the details of the Gospel story, and approach this divine event as if God is...