by Susanna Bertelsen | Jun 12, 2020 | Featured Image
Awakened, Arise to Love” – Contemplating the Love of God As I continue to look for God’s consolation in these troubled times,I reflect on my experience with the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and am drawn to review its meaning for me.When I began the...
by Lisa Traylor | May 22, 2020 | Featured Image
The desire to find meaning in the middle of so many changes, is natural and healthy. In this short post, Dan Johnson offers a story from Ignatian spirituality and a simple prayer as a way for new meaning to be shaped. These past two months have shown just how...
by Kay Vander Vort | May 8, 2020 | Featured Image
“Gratitude is the memory of the heart” -French proverb You may be puzzled at the picture that introduces this article; a pile of disorganized and random pictures and boxes on top of my dining room table. This was my early response to “what am I going to do...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Apr 23, 2020 | Featured Image
Consider: All earthly life together is one being. “Everything that is in the heavens, and on the earth and under the earth is penetrated with connectedness, penetrated with relatedness” -Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century Christian mystic In her forest home, Hildegard...
by Kay Vander Vort | Mar 16, 2020 | Featured Image
Since I was a child Lent has been a time to focus on some aspect of my life that needs improvement, discipline or at least attention. When I was young I gave up a candy (never made it through the whole 40 days); several years as a young adult I attempted daily mass;...
by Linda Cherek | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured Image
by Linda Cherek I just returned from a one-month road trip through the Southwest and California. We saw multiple deserts and were amazed at the variety of desert landscapes. Spending time in the desert allowed time for me to reflect on Jesus’ moments in...