Growing in Gratitude, Thanks to the Examen
A few weeks ago, I was shopping in the grocery store when my eye caught an owl mug sitting on top of the clearance bin.…
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The Art of Transition
I have always had a hard time with change. My family moved a lot throughout my childhood, and since then, change has me frightened more…
A Guide to Spiritual Direction
Two weeks into the New Year and your resolutions — if you made any — have either started you on a path to self-improvement or…
Spiritual Fitbit
Ok, I give in. Everybody I know under the age of 40 seems to have invested in these tiny, expensive Fitbits, which you snap on…
The Gravity of Prayer
I’ve got a bone to pick with Gravity, or with its marketing scheme at the very least. The film, a tense walk with Sandra Bullock through the worst space trip since 1979, presents itself as a sci-fi survivalist nightmare, think Open Water in orbit…
Lord, Have Mercy
Pope Francis reminds all of us of the important gift of God’s mercy in our lives
Five Spiritual Resolutions for 2013
New Year’s resolutions make my liver quiver. Yet each year, I’ve begun with hope and the resolve to point my life in a new direction,…
What’s a daily exercise to help me in my spiritual life?
St. Ignatius of Loyola is a great saint for our busy and over-scheduled lives. His first followers ran into the problem of not being able…
Don Draper: Spiritual Director?
Few of us think or live like Don Draper from “Mad Men.” You won’t find me hiding behind my office door drinking whiskey, concealing secret…
Discerning Spirits at the Multiplex
My hands coated in synthetic butter, Diet Coke gurgling up through my straw, I thought, “Lord I believe that I am in your presence and…
