by Vinita Hampton Wright on 03/07/2012
We have begun to consider what sin looks like in the big picture. But that’s not enough. Sooner or later, I must take that slow and thoughtful look at my own life and identify where, in that life, God’s love is disrupted, ignored, or pushed aside. Here are a few questions to help us with [...]
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An Ignatian Prayer Adventure,
hurt,
pain,
seeing patterns,
sin
by Vinita Hampton Wright on 01/04/2012
How would you define interior freedom? Or, let’s put it this way: what holds you back? What gets in your way? What stops your words, tamps down your emotions, freezes your desires? What won’t turn loose of you? When do you notice that you’re stuck—and what forms of stuck usually show up in your life? [...]
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freedom,
seeing patterns,
spiritual exercise
by Vinita Hampton Wright on 05/15/2009
Read the story “Stripes” mentioned in the video here. Have you ever seen something that you could not identify as anything familiar, and so all you could do was stare at it in a rather stupid way? When I was a teenager I once saw an apparition while walking at night on a country [...]
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Margaret Silf,
seeing patterns,
spiritual exercise,
staring,
video