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Spirituality
Posted inFaith, Features
What can nuns and ‘nones’ learn from one another?
The Nuns and Nones project seeks to bring these two groups together in order to explore new forms of community life, help millennials see models for sustainable activism and create an intergenerational network of connections.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Experiencing prayer
What happens when you pray? You can experience powerful emotions, surprising insights and consoling memories. You can also experience feelings, both physical and otherwise.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
“I can’t date Jesus”: A conversation with Michael Arceneaux
Michael Arceneaux has stopped going to church. But he hasn’t given up on God just yet.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Focusing on memory in prayer
Memory is one of the most powerful of all experiences in prayer, but it’s often ignored.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
We don’t use religious words anymore. That’s a problem.
When was the last time you talked about faith with a friend?
Posted inExplainer, Faith
When a 5-year-old Irish boy saw a heavenly apparition: the story of Knock
Pope Francis will be spending a few precious hours at the Basilica of Knock while he is in Ireland this weekend.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: The intellectual insights of prayer
Often, we have a tendency to privilege emotional moments over the more intellectual ones in our spiritual life.
Posted inExamen, Faith
James Martin, S.J.: Paying attention to emotion in prayer
All sorts of emotions come up in prayer.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Rediscovering the Bible via iPhone apps
I probably wouldn’t be reading the Bible as regularly or as attentively without the help of Streetlights Bible and Our Bible.