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Conversations from Reading with Children

Loretta Pehanich

Conversations with children can cycle from hilarious to inspirational to challenging. When my son was in preschool, I told him once that I’d slept badly....

Celebrating 31 Days with St. Ignatius

dotMagis Editor

July is almost here, which means we’re getting ready for the 15th-annual 31 Days with St. Ignatius. This original month-long celebration of Ignatian spirituality...

Buttercups and Prayer

Marina Berzins McCoy

The other morning, my husband and I were walking at the park, taking in all the sights of plants and flowers and the sounds...

Hope and the Common Good

Lisa Kelly

There is a scene in the movie The Shawshank Redemption in which the two main characters, both prisoners in the 1950s, debate about hope....

Act Against the Creative Censor

Eric Clayton

We are made in the image and likeness of our God who creates. It doesn’t matter if we don’t make our living writing, painting,...

No Patience

Gretchen Crowder

I am not a patient person. I like to act quickly and want everything and everyone to act just as quickly as I do. Perhaps...

God in the Details

Shemaiah Gonzalez

Once when I was a little girl, I walked by the front door to our house and noticed a shaft of light shining through...

A New Phase of Inner Growth

dotMagis Editor

Sometimes it takes a bolt of lightning to release our creativity and kick-start the emergence of a new way of thinking or doing or...

Hope and a Call for Change

Rebecca Ruiz

As a spiritual director, I have the great privilege to accompany individuals on their spiritual journeys. Some of the people that I accompany serve...