by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde Summer Rejuvenation: Praying the Examen “For what moment today am I most grateful?” “For what moment today am I least grateful?” -Examen questions from Sleeping with Bread Hyperlink:...
Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde
Ramadan and Christ: An Ignatian Prayer for Ramadan
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde Next week marks the start of Ramadan for Muslim brothers and sisters. As a Spiritual Director at Loyola, this time of prayer and fasting in the world inspires my heart. As a Christian, marking my own holy days of Jesus’ resurrection, I love...
Opening To Our History: A Reflection on Place – A White Spiritual Director Listening in an Historically Black Neighborhood
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde When Sr. Liz Kerwin gave me my first tour of the Loyola Spirituality Center, I remember being deeply moved learning that the building was once a convent. I loved this history. I loved imagining the former cloister cells of the religious —...
God’s Deepening Life: An Ignatian Invitation to Re-imagine the Spiritual Journey
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde "Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to God's deepening life in me." - from St. Ignatius of Loyola's Principle and Foundation of the Spiritual Exercises I remember turning 40. I sold my...
IN FLIGHT: An Ignatian Encounter with Jesus
by Melissa Borgmann-Kiemde “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.” Matthew 2:13 I try to imagine what it is like to be an undocumented, employed immigrant,...
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