Tim Reidy

Fr Jim Martin continue his series on prayer with an introduction to Eucharistic Adoration nbsp Tim Reidy

Fr Jim Martin introduces centering prayer a freer form of meditation than lectio divina or Ignatian contemplation Visit our Youtube page for all of Fr Jim s videos Tim Reidy

Fr Jim Martin presents his third video blog on prayer this time on the practice of lectio divina Previous video blogs covered the examination of conscience and Ignatian contemplation Tim Reidy

Fr Jim Martin follows up on his first video blog on prayer with an introduction to Ignatian contemplation Check back in over the coming weeks for reflections on lectio divina and other forms of prayer Tim Reidy

Evans and Novak Brooks and Shields Now we have Winters and Malone Listen to In All Things blogger Michael Sean Winters and America associate editor Matt Malone S J discuss the two party conventions on our special election 2008 podcast This is the first of a series of podcasts on the election

With the GOP convention wrapping up tonight Matt Malone S J and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend continue their discussion of E J Dionne s Souled Out lt i gt and the broader issue of religion and politics In his latest post Matt writes Dionne argues in his book that the religiosity of the Bus

First to Peter Steinfels of the New York Times now to America columnist Father John Kavanaugh S J Read Kmiec s response to Father Kavanaugh s open letter to Barack Obama here A sampling Father Kavanaugh rsquo s ldquo to do list rdquo for Senator Obama has received substantial attention F

Our political bloggers will say more later about John McCain s surprising pick of Gov Sarah Palin of Alaska as his vice-presidential running mate For now one part of her biography is worth noting Palin s fifth child has Down s Syndrome which was discovered during prenatal testing Yet Pal