The Male God?
What is your image of God? Is it okay to call God “he” or “she”? Ignatius teaches that God meets us in a way that is helpful for us, and that doesn’t exclude the metaphors we use to image God.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 8, 2017 | The Tough Questions | 7
What is your image of God? Is it okay to call God “he” or “she”? Ignatius teaches that God meets us in a way that is helpful for us, and that doesn’t exclude the metaphors we use to image God.
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 andyotto | Nov 4, 2013 | God In All Things | 4
Feminists often talk about “strong women”. But we rarely hear about “strong men” in the same way. True courage and strength means an embrace of genuine feminism—a feminism that reveals the beauty of male and female. Perhaps we can reexamine the meaning of a “strong man” as an effort to balance out our views of men and women.
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 15, 2013 | God In All Things | 3
In the desire for transcendence as a place to find God, we forget that God is in the plain and the ordinary.
Read Moreby andyotto | Nov 5, 2012 | Scripture Reflections | 1
The story of Martha and Mary teaches us about a more important kind of work that begins with sitting at Jesus’ feet. Comparatively, all other work is, well, BS.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 17, 2012 | God In All Things | 0
The Church has been criticised for having too many “earthly concerns”. But shouldn’t it? Perhaps we can reframe the expression “earthly concerns”.
Read Moreby andyotto | Aug 6, 2012 | Awareness, The Tough Questions | 2
“Jesus, you’re weak.” Could you imagine if someone said that to our Lord and Saviour? If someone, even you, walked up to him in person and said those words? But the reality of it is… It’s true.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jul 26, 2012 | Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 2
One of the hardest ways of prayer is praying for those people who you said you’d pray for. It’s easy to tell someone that you’re praying for them but sometimes hard to remember. Thankfully our thoughts about others can become prayers for them.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jul 16, 2012 | God In All Things, Prayer, Spiritual Practices | 0
There’s a music minister at my church who loves to say “Yay!” after singing. Something as simple as a proclamation of “yay” not only reminds us that joys can be found in our life, but it reminds us that expression to God can be as simple as one word.
Read Moreby andyotto | Jun 21, 2012 | Scripture Reflections | 0
It might as well be Advent because this reading from Luke’s gospel about the birth of John the Baptist is pregnant with two important features that foreshadow the story of Jesus’ birth.
Read Moreby andyotto | May 21, 2012 | Awareness, Discernment, The Lighter Side | 2
I tend not to think about the bodily language we use to describe feelings. But feelings are just that, physical feelings occurring somewhere in our bodies. Let’s explore two such places: the heart and the gut.
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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.