by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Jun 14, 2022 | Guest Reflection Series
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 5: We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The language of step 5 in the Twelve Steps points to wisdom about sin and human nature. Referring to “the exact nature of our...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Jun 14, 2022 | Guest Reflection Series
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 4: We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. One of the first “assignments” given to people who seek spiritual direction in the Ignatian tradition is the writing of their spiritual story. The person spends...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Jun 14, 2022 | Guest Reflection Series
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 3: We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. One of the most freeing discoveries to make is that “God” is beyond our names and definitions. No name or description could ever...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Jun 14, 2022 | Guest Reflection Series
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 2: We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. For each person, the experience is different. A young man holds his just-born baby and suddenly understands that there is Something, Someone who...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Jun 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
by Vinita Hampton Wright Step 1: We admitted we were powerless—that our lives had become unmanageable. We live in a culture that idolizes power. All around us is a power game, whether in politics or our block of the neighborhood. We see people grabbing for...
