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Be Here Now
Welcome to the middle of the second week of Advent. Being nearly halfway through the season, it feels hard to believe how quickly Christmas is
12/09/2020
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Hopeful Preparations
Another Advent is upon us, and with it comes another opportunity to prepare for Christmas. It took too many years for me to understand why
12/02/2020
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An Exercise in Gratitude
As we prepare to enter this celebration of Thanksgiving, I can’t help but find myself wrestling with my inner search for gratitude amidst the tumult of this year. What do we do when we feel powerless to find the blessings of life?
11/25/2020
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The World of the Virtual Retreat
I remember being in 5th grade when the first iPhone came out, and how rare it was for my peers or the teenagers that I knew to have one of these. Now,
11/18/2020
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Hope
What does hope look like to you? Everybody has the capacity to make art. If you were in the music room, or in front of
11/11/2020
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Learning through Failure
During my first interview for this Ignite Internship, I spoke of my love of music and my intense desire to learn a musical instrument. I
11/04/2020
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My Grandma Hannan
I thought of how blessed we were that she died slowly. I’m not sure I even thought about it until now, but if such a beautiful person were to have left my life abruptly, I would have been devastated.
10/28/2020
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Lingering Yearnings
My commute to work has changed a lot with the fall. The stretches of narrow roads winding through the green hills and forests have become
10/21/2020
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Venturing Out to New Waters
Work as if success depended on your own efforts – but trust as if all depended on God. St. Ignatius Loyola Back in early April,
10/14/2020
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Joy and Uncertainty | David Jaeger: Why Ignite?
I’m always a bit apprehensive when I look at a fresh page that asks me to write (or type) on it. What could I possibly write that hasn’t been said
10/07/2020
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