Living and Loving the Single Life
Photo by Pin Adventure Map on Unsplash I am blessed to belong to a cadre of godmothers, aunties, scout leaders, neighbors, teachers, and friends who have been entrusted to shape and form the lives of young people. They say it takes a village after all! Last summer, I found myself at the local park district sports celebration. Imagine… Continue reading Singles: Your love is a reflection of God’s love, too!
I am excited to join Becky Eldredge and friends as a regular contributor to the blog “Into the Deep: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality through the Voices of Women”. This month’s blog series introduces us to the Saints Among Us, and I'm honored to share one of my favorite soon-to-be Saints - Servant of God, Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA. photo… Continue reading Servant of God, Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA
I am excited to join Becky Eldredge and friends as a regular contributor to the blog “Into the Deep: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality through the Voices of Women”. This month’s blog series focuses on the grace we pray for in the second week of the Spiritual Exercises: to know, to love, and to follow Jesus! Photo by Pablo… Continue reading To Know, To Love, and To Follow: “This is so YOU!”
A Jesuit friend assured me that they only invite the most wise and experienced spiritual directors to serve on the 30-day retreat. I’d had some not-so-great directors on shorter retreats, so my biggest concern about completing the Spiritual Exercises was whether or not I’d have a good spiritual director. If you have to maintain sacred… Continue reading In Memory of Joe Palmisano, SJ
photo by christina noel I was at an event last week, and I met a woman who looked incredibly familiar. We gave each other that knowing glance and simultaneously asked, “How do I know you?” It quickly became obvious that we share many acquaintances in common – for such a big city, the Catholic community… Continue reading Playing Small Doesn’t Serve Anyone
Every couple of months someone will stop and ask me if I work for National Public Radio. "Do you ever listen to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me? At the end of the show they list off the names of their producers, and I’m sure I heard your name! Are you a closet radio host?! Are… Continue reading Wait…Wait…Don’t Tell Me
I feel like I’ve spent more time this week talking about the single life project than actually writing about it! I had a great conversation yesterday with a student who is doing on paper on the sociology of dating. Earlier in the week, I gave a presentation with the Chicago Area Vocations Association (CAVA) on… Continue reading An Abundant Single Life
Beth M. Knobbe 