My heart is broken. I can’t believe this is happening. It is not what I had expected, planned, or been working towards. And now I’m left with a decision to make, which path to take. I go through the questions of discernment desperately seeking another answer, a way out. It is almost as if Iggy himself were whispering in my ear:
What is going on inside of you? What is your deepest desire for this situation? Really, what does your heart long for?
What is logical to do here? …

It is not Pascal’s wager…except maybe on my worst days. It is not blind man’s bluff…except when I cannot feel Her presence. It is not the God of the Gaps…except for when I look at Hubble images. God is not any of these things, really, except for when I need Him to be. Then I turn to those old proofs because, at the time, I cannot recognize God in the here and now. I need the structure because I cannot always find the presence of Grace on my own.
Yet, when …

I had a post all ready to share about living in the tensions of our lives when last night at 11pm the news hit about Osama Bin Laden being killed. I had wanted to share how Ignatius saw living in tension to be a good thing because we can find God or invitations from God in all things. Anytime we are living in the black and white, acting with total certainty about anything other than the presence of God in the moment at hand, we are not living in …

I’m being urged from the inside to do something really crazy. I’ve tried to put it out of my mind, get away from it for over a year, let it go, but it keeps coming back to my heart. It is nothing bad, illegal or immoral. In fact, it is something that I could easily say is for the Greater Glory of God, for helping others on their path. You can probably insert just about any healthy dream, wish, hope, or vision you have had in it’s place. …