Ignatius At Home

  • Zoomed In: Encountering God in Unmet Dreams

    Perhaps you have seen them in the Highlights magazines in the doctor’s office or on a brain teaser app, images that are super zoomed in to the point of distortion. Is that a broccoli floret… Read more

  • Daring Hope: The Women at the Tomb

    I have never won the lottery or even the grand prize in a raffle.  I rarely even pick the fastest line at the grocery checkout. How often have our wild ambitions or dreams come true?… Read more

  • Tender Care

    Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion I kneel before my son, carefully washing his feet. “It’s time for my pedicure,” he jokes. Despite weeks of soaking in epsom salts and treating with antibiotic ointments, his… Read more

  • A Drop in the Bucket

    “Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it for the people to drink.” – Exodus 17:6 Third Sunday of Lent The children are crouched over tiny buckets, huge smiles on their faces as… Read more

  • Weathered Storms

    First Sunday of Lent At this, Jesus said to him,“Get away, Satan!It is written:The Lord, your God, shall you worshipand him alone shall you serve.” Then the devil left him and, behold,angels came and ministered… Read more

  • Encountering God: In Stumbling and Fumbling

    In this ordinary time between the Christmas season and Lent, I can appreciate anew that God appears to me in the stumbling and fumbling imperfection of my day to day life. God did not come… Read more

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I’m Jen and I blog about family, faith, Ignatian Spirituality, and Catholic traditions with humor and healthy dose of reality. I contribute to several different Jesuit ministries with writing, speaking, and trainings. Welcome!

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