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Finding God in AI
AI is going to transform our lives. How do we respond to it from a spiritual perspective? What are its implications?
Ignatian Basics
The Discernment of Spirits – Part 1
How do we know the voice of God from the voice of the evil one? This is the first part of a three-part series on Ignatius' Rules for the Discernment of Spirits.
Prayer
Seeing the Whole
It's important to look at a piece of the jigsaw puzzle, but we must also know its context. In the spiritual life we must widen our gaze and see more of the whole picture.
Discernment
Alma’s Way is the Ignatian Way
A new PBS Kids show speaks to the Ignatian pattern we see in the Examen.
Awareness
Disney’s Encanto Is All About Seeing
Let's examine four main dichotomic themes in Disney's Encanto. There are spoilers!
Guiding Principles
What are you prioritising in life? In other words, what are the big principles and values around which you organise your life? These principles will inform almost everything. Here are some ways to intentionally discern your life’s guiding principles.
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The Falling Away of the Old
Religion often becomes a program of certainty that doesn’t fully embrace the dynamism of divine creativity, where moments like incarnation and resurrection cause old sacred paradigms to fall away.
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Finding God In All I See, Finding God In You and Me
This children’s book witnesses to the central Ignatian principle of finding God in all things. I had the privilege to speak with author and spiritual director, MaryEllen Weber, about everything from children being natural contemplatives to her image of God.
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The Ordinariness of Lent
In the desert, Jesus discovered that he was human and hungry and lonely. Lent is not so much about penances and bodily denial as it is a season to discover our ordinariness.
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War and Ego
We’re all prone to the tactics of the evil spirit. For some it leads to catastrophic evil like war.
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Disidentifying with the False Self
We all struggle with a “shadow side” that gets us anxious or judgemental. Ignatius invites us to externalise this part of ourselves a bit so we can let our true selves emerge, the part of us that is compassionate and loving.
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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.
New Email Retreat
What is God’s Will?
