by Linda Cherek | May 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago I was at a four-day silent Ignatian retreat for women. For introverts a silent retreat is a brief experience of heaven on earth. We were all present to and with one another, yet without the spoken word. I had not been on retreat for myself in...
by Nancy Loyd | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured Image
I have been an advocate for talking about our mortality and befriending our death long before COVID-19 was an intimate part of our lives. COVID has forced many to contemplate their own mortality as well as to bear the unbearable of having to say goodbye to a...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Apr 15, 2021 | Featured Image
In these troubled times, as I continue to look for God’s consolation, I reflect on my experiences with the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola and am drawn to review their meaning for me. The Ignatian Exercises are “bookended” with meditations considering God’s...
by Linda Cherek | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured Image
In Ron Rolheiser’s book, The Passion and the Cross, he asks the question “Why do we call Jesus’ suffering just before his death his passion?” He reminds us that we have understood passion to mean “intense sufferings.” He says this isn’t wrong – however, we miss...
by Mary Noble Garcia | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured Image
My dad is a professional portrait photographer, retired after almost 50 years of being in business. Working in a photography studio darkroom in high school he began his career and learned his trade in the days when he could take photos with his 35 mm camera, develop...
