The Traps of Worldly Anxiety 🪤
Explore the five main types of traps that hinder our freedom and block our connection to God. Find freedom through self-awareness.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 25, 2023 | Awareness, Scripture Reflections | 0
Explore the five main types of traps that hinder our freedom and block our connection to God. Find freedom through self-awareness.
Read MoreSometimes we fall into a one-sided relationship with God. We ask for, take, obey, and do what we can so God keeps loving us. That’s not a relationship based on genuine love.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 11, 2020 | Essays, The Tough Questions | 3
Zoom fatigue, parenting fatigue, pandemic fatigue! Can we have courage to trust God in the midst of this rather than cling to false securities?
Read Moreby guest | Apr 13, 2017 | The Tough Questions | 2
Does fear enslave you? Jesus was always telling his followers not to fear. It turns out that Ignatian indifference is an antidote to fear.
Read Moreby guest | Dec 21, 2016 | Essays, Guest Posts | 5
The darkness of Winter Solstice reminds us that we’ll soon be met with reassuring light.
Read Moreby guest | May 15, 2016 | Scripture Reflections | 2
We must allow the Spirit of Pentecost to let us be fearless in speaking the love and truth of the Good News to all the world.
Read Moreby guest | Aug 17, 2015 | Essays, God In All Things, Guest Posts, Scripture Reflections | 0
This week in Peter’s garden is a reminder of our tendency to fear—and our need to trust God.
Read Moreby andyotto | Mar 3, 2014 | The Tough Questions | 4
The way we die has much to do with the way we choose to live.
Read Moreby andyotto | Dec 7, 2013 | Discernment | 1
God illumines a light into the world through the Annunciation. Mary’s yes comes in a place of freedom, hope, and not clinging. Ignatius gives us several exercises for making decisions with this kind of freedom.
Read Moreby andyotto | Nov 30, 2013 | Discernment | 2
Incarnation occurs all the time, even in our decisions. We are in a whirl of confusion and feel like we’re in darkness. Advent is a time of sitting with those raw feelings and emotions because discernment begins with observation.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 30, 2013 | Awareness, Spiritual Practices, The Lighter Side | 3
Finding the present moment through a typewriter.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 23, 2013 | Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 1
Why can it be hard to receive God’s love? Or another human’s? Perhaps it’s not about saying I love you in return.
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This guide will offer you a process and framework for discerning a particular decision using the approaches and prayer methods in the Ignatian tradition.