New Year – Picturing God

New Year Rainbow

January 2, 2017

“A rainbow in the ocean as a gift from God to begin the new year in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.” Submitted by Ana Isabel Colón.

Happy New Year

January 1, 2013

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day seem an appropriate time to ask, in the words of Mary Oliver, “What are you going to do with your one wild and precious life?” Happy New Year […]

Getting Ready for Lent 2019
By dotMagis Editor Ash Wednesday is March 6, 2019, so today we’re highlighting just a few of the many Ignatian-inspired features designed to help you observe Lent. An Ignatian Prayer Adventure Join in an adapted version of the Spiritual Exercises, perfectly timed as a Lent and Easter retreat. This year Fiona Basile (pictured), author of […]
The Journey Backward
By Vinita Hampton Wright We talk a lot about “moving forward”—whether in a business meeting or a relationship or an aspect of personal spirituality. United States culture is generally obsessed with productivity, profit margin, and success. And we can carry that obsession into our attitude about moving forward. Progress is the key! Some of the […]
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from a Friend About the Gift of Presence
By Rebecca Ruiz I can’t remember exactly when we met her. We had arrived in the snowy tundra in January of my fifth-grade year. I know it was after the permafrost had thawed, and it was after “mud season,” because she was wearing high heels as she stood there, not mud boots. It had been […]
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Courage and Nature
By Marina McCoy When I was a child, my brother and I spent long summers with my grandparents on their retirement farm outside of Cornwall, Ontario. My grandparents were both immigrants from Latvia and often offered perspective or advice from their old country. Most of what I learned from them came in the form of […]
Sharing the Wisdom: What I Learned from My Grandfather About Art and Dreams
By Gretchen Crowder “Boys, stop throwing that ball in this room! I have one room of nice things. One. Go play somewhere else!” I screamed as I caught a ball just as it came dangerously close to shattering a glass owl vase. As I handed the boys the ball and ushered them out of the […]

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