The Great Annual Examen: Reflecting Back and Praying Forward

For hundreds of years, Christians have taken the time to examine their lives by reflecting backwards: what went well and what went, well… not so well. In these days ahead as we anticipate a new beginning and a new year, we have a wonderful opportunity to reflect backwards and to pray forward. As we all […]

My Copernican Revolution: How Everything Changed

Repositioning and Why I was willing to change everything

My Copernican revolution began in 1996 when I had the privilege of spending a month with Dallas Willard in a Catholic monastery in California. How I got there is a story I have told. But what happened to me in that monastery is what changed my life forever. Let me explain.   Nicolaus Copernicus was […]

Why I spent a year of my life doing the Ignatian Exercises

Finding my own GPS for my Soul

In January 2017, I decided to invest an entire year of my life on the journey in discernment (doing the Ignatian Exercises). I found myself at a critical crossroad. My work, my marriage, my heart needed attention and care. The future felt looming and did not excite me. I decided to do an ancient, year […]

Living the Questions

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point […]