All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.
Spirituality
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.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
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.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Can discernment be trendy? I tried ‘a workout for the soul’ to find out
Peoplehood is a wellness studio in New York City that provides daily reflection sessions. I tried a “gather” to see if it is worth the hype (and the price tag).
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
The Gen Z Catholic Retreat Music Playlist
Whether you know it as Kairos, Spark, Magis or Encounter, we bet there was a song playing in the background that involved a banjo, a scraggly-bearded lead vocalist and lyrics about finding yourself through struggle.
Posted inFaith, Features
How a Catholic ecology center in Wisconsin strives to change the world by changing hearts
The C.E.C. demonstrates a profound, organic Catholicism that places people within “the wholeness of creation” and asks them “to look and feel and touch and know it.”