Resources
An Introduction to Lectio Divina
Ancient and unhurried, Lectio Divina invites us to read Scripture not for information but for encounter. This guide walks you gently through the four movements of sacred reading.
Planning a Personal Retreat
A day set apart — even an afternoon — can open space God rarely finds in our ordinary hours. This guide helps you prepare, enter, and close a personal retreat with intention.
Shaping a Rule of Life
A Rule of Life is not a set of restrictions — it is an architecture of intention. This guide helps you discern the rhythms of prayer, rest, work, and relationship that reflect your own particular call.
The Examen: A Review of the Day
Fifteen minutes at day’s end. The Ignatian Examen is not a spiritual report card — it is a tender turning of the heart toward what God has been doing all along.
Sitting in Silence
Many of us were never taught to simply wait. This brief guide on contemplative prayer offers a few gentle anchors for those who wish to cultivate a practice of interior stillness.
Consolation & Desolation
Ignatius gave us language for interior movements — the gentle tugs and quiet withdrawals that help us recognize where God is active and where we may be moving away from him.
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook
A practical, well-loved companion to seventy-five disciplines — from silence and solitude to hospitality and Lectio Divina — for every stage of the journey.
Surrender to Love
A beautiful, searching exploration of what it means to open the self fully to the love at the center of all things.
The Critical Journey
A wise and generous map of six stages in the life of faith — offering language for the seasons of doubt, deepening, and surrender that mark every honest pilgrim.
Working the Angles
On prayer, Scripture, and spiritual direction as the hidden work that holds pastoral life together.
Sacred Companions
A foundational text on the theology and practice of spiritual friendship and direction.
The Way of the Heart
A brief, powerful call to solitude, silence, and prayer drawn from the desert fathers.