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Living into Mystery

Spiritual Discernment in Everyday Life
Regardless of a person’s beliefs, one of the essential aspects of soul work has to do with discerning life’s priorities. Jack Kennedy is an acclaimed expert in translating the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius into language that is accessible for anyone. Jack’s real life storytelling is filled with practical insight, candor and wit. His messages are a gift for all of us during times of change or transition.

 

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Podcast #1

Healing Our Images of God

Jack Kennedy has spent a lifetime journeying with people as a spiritual director during times of doubt and crisis. Issues of belief and how we understand the nature of Mystery are at the heart of what can either bring peace or anxiety during times of change and crisis. This episode was recorded at an interfaith training series for prospective spiritual directors.

Podcast #2

The Divine Desiring in Me

Jack Kennedy has spent a lifetime journeying with people as a spiritual director during times of doubt and crisis. Issues of belief and how we understand the nature of Mystery are at the heart of what can either bring peace or anxiety during times of change and crisis. This episode was recorded at an interfaith training series for prospective spiritual directors.

Podcast #3

Holding the Tensions

Jack Kennedy has spent his adult life as a spiritual mentor for others. His personal life experiences include areas of grief and addiction that can be special teachers for every person’s life. Jack draws from great wisdom traditions that teach us how to trust our own heart when experiencing life’s most challenging contradictions. The gift can be to discover deeper truths than we may have missed otherwise.

Podcast #4

Creative Non-Action

Spiritual Director, Jack Kennedy, explores how spiritual direction can be a powerful way to being healing to out wider world. Whether or not the listener intends to be involved in the formal work of spiritual direction Jack’s lifetime of experience invites us all to re-imagine ways of supporting the spiritual journey regardless of our path or tradition.

Podcast #5

Discernment in Practice Part 1

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are a classic tradition offering insight into life’s most important decisions. Regardless of our spiritual history, the ‘exercises’ offer remarkably insightful ‘rules’ for decision-making.

Podcast #6

Discernment in Practice Part 2

Spiritual Director, Jack Kennedy, explores a distinction from the Spiritual Exercises between whether we believe that we are part of God’s Plan vs. participants in a Divine Project.  In the Ignatian tradition, it is a relief to discover that ‘we are being momently being created’ and that our deepest hopes should be the anchor of how we make important decisions.

Podcast #7

Discernment in Practice Part 3

Discernment is another word for deciding.  It is our human endeavor for decision making.  The Spiritual Exercises offer a trustworthy set of ‘rules’ that we can trust when facing life’s most important realities.  This talk is an invitation to get our spiritual world larger!

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