God In All Things

What was going on in Ignatius' heart as he gazed up each night at the stars? His cosmology was quite different than ours, but he still understood that love was the force of the universe, the source of all and the ultimate destination. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

It feels good to be remembered. Ignatius saw the memory as a gift, one that draws us into a deeper union with God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

The things in our life are all passing. They are gifts to help us in our journey to a union with God. When we accept impermanence, we discover heaven on earth. When we let go of 'shoulds' and illusions and expectations, we find salvation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

The ego is another name for the evil spirit. This is an important truth to understand if you wish to grow in the spiritual life. The evil spirit tries to protect the ego, which is just another word for the masks of self-importance and superiority we wear as individuals and groups. The good spirit, on the other hand, helps us transcend the egoic preoccupation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

A female perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

When we listen to the deep desires of our hearts we are in the flow of God's love and God's dream for our lives. But how do we know a desire is 'of God'? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

We tend to look for God in the big emotion-filled moments and can feel disappointed when we don't notice God in the everyday. Yet Ignatius says we can find God's presence in the real stuff of everyday life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Ignatius uses two images for our relationship with God: a friendship and a master-servant relationship. Both of these however are really about a deep intimacy and companionship. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Forgiveness is a way that God seeks to lift the burdens from us that prevent us from the freedom to love and live fully. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

God's will for us is not some predetermined blueprint that negates our freedom. Let's examine how the Ignatian tradition understands discernment and purpose. Hint: There's a bigger Dream for the world. And Disney Pixar's Soul helps reminds us of this, too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

An overview of five important contributions of the Ignatian spiritual tradition. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

We have put too much stock in human governments and institutions. The archetypal pattern found in scripture shows that human kingdoms always fail and God is always trying to draw us back to our original goodness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Through his neighbourhood, Mister Rogers teaches us how to be people of love and how to truly know one another. His neighbourhood was kind of a metaphor for the kingdom of God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Religion tends to operate from the perspective of how we need God, but the truth is, God needs us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Sometimes, in our efforts for self-improvement, we come against tendencies that are so engrained in our personality they are hard to change. Engaging in deep practices can help us better trust in the slow work of God. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

The pandemic has revealed the tension between our experiences of poverty and abundance. It's fitting to reflect on that this Advent season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Gratitude is a cyclical force of creative love that feeds itself. It transforms us and opens our eyes to the divine goodness in all things. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Let's not lose our amazement and delight in the world we had so easily as children. Are you able to see the magic of God all around you? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

God in all things also means all things in God. Can we accept that we are a part of God, that we make God whole? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message

Our true selves are within us but sometimes we need a mirror to be held up before us so we can see it, and also see those false-self layers that need to be shed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/god-in-all-things/message