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Discernment

I’ll Think About It

How many times have you said, “I'll think about it”? It's a valid expression when we're not quite ready to make a decision, but...

“Magis” Moment Leads to Haiti

This is a guest post.One of my greatest joys is leading college students on international service-immersion trips. I've traveled with 80 students to Nicaragua...

Two Rails

Many years ago, a wise friend shared with me an image of the two rails of a train track. One rail represents all the...

Discernment How-Tos

Spiritual director Teresa Blythe has a couple of interesting articles about discernment on Patheos.  One is a step-by-step guide to discernment based on Ignatian...

Finding Beauty Amidst Suffering

Etty Hillesum, the young Jewish woman killed at Auschwitz who wrote beautiful diaries of life in Amsterdam, wrote movingly of finding beauty amidst suffering. most...

The Grace of Detachment

The grace of indifference or detachment is often what we hope for in prayer. It is the place where we have surrendered to God...

My Both/And Call

When my son, Brady, was eight weeks old, I led my first Charis retreat in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. I remember kneeling at...

Desire and Decision

Sometimes the Christian journey is framed in terms of making a decision, a commitment, to follow Jesus and his way. But we don't live...

The Two Poles of Discernment

I recently followed a link on this site to a 2003 article in America that expanded my understanding of Ignatian discernment.  I knew about...

Adopting Again

My new favorite description of love is the willingness to enter a mess. It's a pretty decent description of the Incarnation (or kenosis for...

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