Discernment

Find Your Inner Iggy in the Second Half of Life (Part 3 of 4)

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 08/13/2012

During August, I’ll focus on how Ignatian principles of spiritual growth are quite fitting for those of us in the second half of life. “Find Your Inner Iggy” is the title of a promotion Loyola Press had going on Facebook recently, and I really like the sound of that phrase—rather whimsical. Become a Master of [...]

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Friday’s Reflection: Gifts You Can Offer

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 07/20/2012

Today, please consider that you are a person brimming with gifts. Do you dare offer them to a world always in need of love and wisdom? Allow yourself to identify what you have to give.

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The Gifts of Self

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 07/18/2012

Years ago, I taught English and music to children in Ajloun, Jordan. This was one of the richest experiences of my life, but there were significant challenges too. I had always been a word person. From an early age, I wrote stories and poetry. During college I wrote and performed songs. I was known for [...]

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What Is Worth Your Desire?

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 03/21/2012

The Spiritual Exercises ask us to look at Christ and what he stands for. We’re instructed to imagine him as a good king who brings his forces against the evil king. In today’s world, especially here in the West, we don’t think much in terms of kings and kingdoms. So this imagery can be difficult [...]

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Desire and Decision

by Vinita Hampton Wright on 03/19/2012

Sometimes the Christian journey is framed in terms of making a decision, a commitment, to follow Jesus and his way. But we don’t live strictly by decisions, acts of the will. We don’t just make up our mind and do a certain thing. A deeper part of the self must be involved when it comes [...]

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