Spirituality is a way of living in relationship with God. Our spiritualities, pathways to connecting with God, can shape us. Ignatian Spirituality follows the teachings, traditions, and spiritual disciplines that St. Ignatius of Loyola developed in the 16th century. “Ignatian spirituality considers everything an important element of your life.” James Martin, SJ
Where and how do you define success in your life?Take pause with this Ignatian Examen to notice if your value of success is from God or from your own working definition.
Like Jesus, who went to the cross not for pain in itself but ‘for the joys that were set before him’, so we are to make this journey through the memories of pain and darkness, not to stay with these things but to redeem them and move beyond them. […] We, who build so many hells on earth, need to know that there is no place so dark, no situation so seemingly hopeless, that cannot…
Life is a story. Perhaps yours reads like a drama, or a historical account, maybe it feels like a self help or a how-to book, it may even be a great love story or a tale of adventure. Maybe you feel like you’re living a tragedy or divine comedy, perhaps a great escape. Stories reveal the environment that’s shaped us, our perspective of the world, and where God’s been present all along. In many ways, they…
