The Deep-Down-Things
A recent episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds highlights the compass of our inner movements and emotions, pointing to our true selves.
Read MoreA recent episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds highlights the compass of our inner movements and emotions, pointing to our true selves.
Read MoreKnowing our desires and fears can shape our life’s journey. Through archetypal stories like fairy tales, we can begin to name our longings and begin to map out our journey to life in the divine.
Read MoreWhy do we “strive” for holiness as if it’s something to attain? Holiness should not create separateness, but unity.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreWithin each of us is “inner furniture” that inhibits our full life in God. They can be past hurts, stereotypes, bad memories, religious wounds, and even our images of God. We find many examples in the Gospels of people who are blind to the layout of their inner rooms.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read Moreby andyotto | Apr 26, 2021 | Discernment | 0
When we listen to the deep desires of our hearts we are in the flow of God’s love and God’s dream for our lives. But how do we know a desire is ‘of God’?
Read Moreby andyotto | Oct 4, 2020 | Awareness, Scripture Reflections | 1
Our true selves are within us but sometimes we need a mirror to be held up before us so we can see it, and also see those false-self layers that need to be shed.
Read Moreby andyotto | Sep 21, 2020 | Scripture Reflections, The Tough Questions | 3
Do you read the Gospel and Jesus’ statements through a lens of threat or a lens of freedom? How you do will make a big difference of how you see God, church, and religion.
Read MoreMister Rogers did the work of Jesus, sharing God’s love by reminding us that we are inherently loved just the way we are.
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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.