“Death in life” must happen in this life if we are truly to live. We have to encounter an event that overturns our agenda, our way of being in the world, our very sense of self.
Spirituality
Posted inExamen, Faith
No matter how you pray, God wants to meet you
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on encountering God through different forms of prayer.
Posted inFaith, Features
What does it mean to pay spiritual and moral attention to the conflicts of our lives?
To listen carefully to an arguing group is to gain a peculiar glimpse into the desires and anxieties of that group.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: How to be holy (hint: You can’t do it on your own)
Colleen Carroll Campbell’s new book is full of insight into what motivates us to attempt to reach holiness through our own strength and how this obsession holds us back from spiritual progress.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
What hip-hop can teach us about our Catholic Faith
A theology professor reflects on the spirituality of hip-hop.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Extremes don’t work in diets—or your prayer life
Non-scale spiritual victories come when we see ourselves clearly and holistically, when we pray without prodding because God is real and someone to talk to.
Posted inExamen, Faith
Engaging the Gospel through prayer
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with the Gospel stories.
Posted inExamen, Faith
Bring your suffering in prayer before Jesus
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on suffering.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
The first Filipino-American musical examines faith and spiritual healing
Jose Solís talks to Jessica Hagedorn and composer Fabián Obispo, the creators behind the new musical, “Felix Starro,” the very first Filipino-American musical produced in the United States.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I received God’s healing from the hands of a pharmacist
The confessional and the psychiatrist’s office are both holy ground.