In ‘Seeing With the Heart,’ Kevin O’Brien, S.J., provides a reflective pause to holistically look at our lives, with all of their twists and turns of grace and challenge, and consider how we are living in relationship to ourselves, others and the divine.
Spirituality
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Review: Pairing spirituality and theology, Ignatian style
In ‘Renewing Theology,’ J. Matthew Ashley argues that when brought into dynamic relation with spirituality (and vice versa), the work of theology is deeply relevant to our lives and is vital at every level of following Christ. It becomes part and parcel of a “way of life”—the life of faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The holiness of asking for help
By letting others in, we enable them to do the work of God.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Searching for the Holy Dirt: What I learned while hitchhiking to El Santuario de Chimayo
All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.
Posted inFaith, Features
Want to be a better parent? Think like a mapmaker.
New models of parenting can expand our imagination about this important work.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Mary Karr and the art of the spiritual memoir
Though Mary Karr might not consider herself a conventional writer of spiritual autobiography, her three memoirs have made this poet and professor a standard-bearer in the genre.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Demystifying mysticism: Bernard McGinn on saints, seekers and psychedelics
Bernard McGinn, the author of a nine-volume history of Christian mysticism in the West, sat down with ‘America’ to discuss mysticism, religion, psychedelics and more.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Preaching in Native American communities responding to generational trauma
On “Preach,” host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Victor Cancino, S.J., explore how preachers might respond to generational trauma, particularly in Native American communities. “I think doing the work of looking at your own life,” says Victor,“ allows you to be vulnerable, and you give the freedom to people listening to you to practice the same thing.”
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What my mother’s Advent gift tradition taught me about the true meaning of giving
Because of her, I have never lost the strong sense of hope, reflection and presence of the season
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Rummaging for God: Praying backward through your day with the Examen
This 1994 article by Dennis Hamm, S.J., on praying the examen has become a resource in countless classrooms and retreat centers.