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The Life of Pilgrimage

I am in China with my family on a heritage tour, a pilgrimage of sorts.  Those familiar with my book Longing to Love know...

St. Ignatius and the Yoga Center

Growing up Jewish in Northern Jersey, what did I know about St. Ignatius Loyola? Not much. Fast forward to the late 1980s and I'm...

Globalization of Superficiality

Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, spoke to Belgian Jesuits in September 2010 about a "globalization of superficiality," a result...

You Are What You Eat

These days I am trying to get my daughters to eat better food than the usual kid fare of mac 'n' cheese, hotdogs, and...

Holy Imitation

The decisive moment in Ignatius's life came when he realized that he was imitating the wrong person. He realized that imitating the example of...

The Examen and Other Prayers

During Lent we published six audio-visual guided Examens that introduce the Ignatian Examen prayer.  These were very popular, and they now have a permanent...

It’s a Mitzvah

Seems to me the word "mitzvah" is being used a lot these days. Usually it shows up in exclamations: "It's a mitzvah." Maybe I'm noticing...

Today’s News . . .

Many years ago, I went on a news fast.  To be more precise, I stopped reading, watching or listening to any and all news...

Prettiest Girl in Town

A while ago I sent this as my first blog posting for dotMagis.  Today there is an update. In December of 2009, I wrote:I...

A Scholar’s Faith

The Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner was once asked in a radio interview why some people didn't experience God.  His response: 'I don't believe you;...

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