When we burn the candle at both ends, the soul stages an insurrection in an attempt to bring us back to a place of balance.  We explore the signs of burnout and ways we can find rest and renewal.

Though sarcasm is an insincere and often hurtful way of communicating, our culture is saturated with it.  What does this reveal about us collectively?  We explore the roots of sarcasm and its toxic impact.

Spiritual practices nurture and nourish us, but like all things human, they have a shadow side too.  We explore "spiritual bypass" - the ways we use spirituality to suppress or smother undesirable emotions, life's complexities, woundedness or trauma.

The Christmas season highlights the presence of angels.  We hear of them in our carols, lectionary readings, favorite movies, and atop the trees.  Angels serve as divine messengers, guiding, inspiring, warning, teaching.  We explore how we can discern the presence of the angelic in our lives.

God's grace is consoling, healing, and liberating, but also shockingly disturbing.  God disrupts the status quo.  Our podcast explores how Advent invites to hold the "disturbing" power that seeks to be born anew, both within our hearts and in our world.

Shadow, Love, and Mercy

Part of the series "Why Ignatius Loyola Still Matters" : The First Week of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius invites us to know ourselves completely and unconditionally, including our shadow side.  As we courageously undertake this sacred work, we are held in a container of unconditional love and mercy.  Our reflection explores how Ignatius guides us on this journey into shadow and God's limitless compassion.

Praying with the Communion of Saints

Though loved ones have crossed to the other side of death, our relationships with them grow, deepen, and evolve.  We explore how the communion of saints invites to affirm that love is stronger than death and that we remain in community and communication with those who have died.

Why Ignatius Loyola Still Matters: The Foundation of a Meaningful Life

We explore the "Principle and Foundation", the first major meditation of the Spiritual Exercises.  Ignatius invites us to experience life rooted in intimacy with God, connected with creation, and deeply meaningful.

Ignatius lived 500 years ago, yet his approach to spirituality continues to inspire and transform lives, a sign that he discovered something archetypal that touches the human soul.  This episode explores how Ignatius' early life and experience of being wounded teaches us how God works in and through our feelings.

Part of our spiritual work is learning to discriminate among the competing voices and energies within, some of which are very loud and powerful but are not truth.  Our podcast explores how we discern which among these is of God.