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Lost in the Cloud of Knowing
17 Dec 2025 | Spiritual Practices | 1
We live in an age of instant information where every question can be answered with a quick search, but this efficiency kills the wonder that questions are meant to inspire. The spiritual life requires us to be comfortable with mystery and unknowing, trusting that faith lives not in certainty but in the gap between "I don't know" and "yet."
Ignatian Basics
Between Opulence and Simplicity: An Ignatian Pilgrimage
On a recent pilgrimage to Spain visiting Ignatian sites, I wrestled with how ornate decoration and costly adornments often obscure St. Ignatius's radical journey from opulence to simplicity. The sacred exists not in elaborate structures but in the simple, authentic presence that connects us to the God who dwells in living stones rather than buildings.
Prayer
The Labyrinth, the Race, and the Spirit of Haste
24 Nov 2025 | 3
Hastiness reveals the spirit that treats even sacred practices as achievements to be completed rather than journeys to be trusted. The labyrinth teaches us that God's path is inefficient by the world's standards, winding away from the center just when we think we're getting close, requiring patient trust rather than strategic speed.
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Imagine Advent
26 Nov 2022 | 0
Discernment
The Spirituality of the Long View
11 Aug 2025 | 0
Christian hope is a steady posture of the heart that joins human longing to God’s greater plan. It endures with patience, recognising that the ultimate promise transcends individual lifetimes.
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Jesus’ Approach? Trust Over Control
18 Nov 2024 | 1
Awareness
The Labyrinth, the Race, and the Spirit of Haste
24 Nov 2025 | 3
Hastiness reveals the spirit that treats even sacred practices as achievements to be completed rather than journeys to be trusted. The labyrinth teaches us that God's path is inefficient by the world's standards, winding away from the center just when we think we're getting close, requiring patient trust rather than strategic speed.
Yes, And: How Improv Teaches Radical Acceptance and Love
9 Jun 2025 | God In All Things, Spiritual Practices, The Lighter Side | 0
Improvisational theatre and Ignatian spirituality share profound connections through their emphasis on radical acceptance, presence in the moment, and collaborative co-creation. The principles of improv—particularly “yes, and”—mirror spiritual practices of detachment, discernment, and finding the sacred in unexpected places.
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Can God Get Offended? – Rethinking Divine Emotions
29 Apr 2025 | The Tough Questions | 0
God’s emotional responses are not rooted in ego or woundedness like human resentment, despair, or vengeance. Instead, divine emotions such as righteous anger, sadness, concern, disappointment, and the desire for justice flow from unconditional love and seek the wholeness and restoration of all creation.
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Finding God in the Algorithm: A Non-Dualistic Approach to AI
7 Apr 2025 | God In All Things | 1
Western Christianity often approaches artificial intelligence with anxiety rooted in dualistic thinking that separates the spiritual from the material, human from machine. Non-dualistic elements within Christian traditions, particularly Ignatian spirituality, offer a more integrated vision that can help us engage with AI as a potential extension of divine creativity rather than a threat to human uniqueness.
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Sacred Etymology: Finding God in the Roots of Language
24 Feb 2025 | God In All Things | 2
Language holds profound theological meanings that reveal connections between ordinary speech and divine reality. Jesus’ teachings demonstrate how everyday words and concepts can bridge the sacred and secular, inviting us to perceive God’s presence in common language.
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Finding Hope in Troubled Times
10 Feb 2025 | The Tough Questions | 1
In an era of societal anxiety and political fear, authentic spiritual hope provides an anchor through connection to our inner centre where we meet God. This hope, as modelled by Simeon and Anna, emerges through joy and active compassion, enabling us to remain present to both suffering and possibility.
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Beyond Busy: A Theological Vision of True Leisure
20 Jan 2025 | Spiritual Practices | 0
Our culture commodifies time, but moments of genuine rest can become encounters with true reality. Through five theological principles—gift, freedom, contemplation, Sabbath, and anticipation—we discover that leisure isn’t about escaping reality but about entering more deeply into it, where we encounter our true identity as beloved children of God rather than mere productive units.
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Ignatian Meditations
This guide will offer you a process and framework for discerning a particular decision using the approaches and prayer methods in the Ignatian tradition.
