Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – A lesson in Humility
When I tried out for the elite choir in high school and didn’t make it, I quit choir. At the time, I told myself it was...
August 30, 2019
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: What will it take, Lord?
A few days ago, my son and I were talking about Pokémon cards – he is obsessed. I have been using earning cards as a reward...
August 24, 2019
Prayer – am I doing it wrong?
This year all the colleagues I work with have received a copy of a book called the Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O’Brien, S.J. This book guides...
August 22, 2019
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Living in the Tension
The other morning, one of my twins woke up very early. So early in fact, that the breakfast I usually have sitting out for the boys...
August 17, 2019
Vow Day and the Sunday Readings
As I looked at the readings this morning, I was struck by one line in the Letter to the Hebrews – “Faith is the realization of...
August 11, 2019
Introducing Vacation to My Boys—and Embracing Vacation Anew Myself
This post can be found in full at IgnatianSpirituality.Com A year ago, we had the unexpected gift of taking time off to go as a family...
August 5, 2019
If today you hear his voice…
The readings for this Sunday made me instantly think of the story of St. Ignatius. Maybe it’s because I have been writing a lot and talking...
August 3, 2019
Five Lessons I’ve learned from St. Ignatius
This was originally posted in full at jesuits.org on the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Earlier this summer, I stood on the platform of a...
August 1, 2019