Tag Archives: prayer

Hopelessly Lost

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Esther Hizsa

“I don’t know where I am,” I shouted into the phone. In truth, I had a good idea where I was, but I couldn’t quite explain it to Fred who was at home furiously trying to nail down my location … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Poetry, Reflections, Seed Cracked Open, Stories | Tagged bike riding, Dano, Deb Arndt, Esther Hizsa, Haiku, Living from the Heart, prayer, Proverbs 15:1, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Susan Adams | 2 Comments

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Esther Hizsa

I can’t spend a whole week on retreat with a holy God and not be confronted with my sins, I thought. Yet every time Sylvester assigned scriptures for me to pray with, it never came up. I started to believe I was going … Continue reading →

Posted in Ignatian Spirituality, Poverty of Spirit, Prayer | Tagged Esther Hizsa, Ignatian retreat, Ignatian Spirituality, John 13;1, Julian of Norwich, prayer, sin, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Transformation | 2 Comments

Go Pray Outside

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Esther Hizsa

“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed,” Jesus said, “But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Similarly these vibrant evergreens have each grown from a single seed buried in the earth. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Popular Posts, Prayer, Songs | Tagged Earth Day, Forest, Genesis 2:15, John 12:24, Luke 10:27, Maltbie D. Babcock, prayer, Rain Drop, resurrection, Texture, This is my Father's World, Twila Savigny | 2 Comments

The Desire to Disappear

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Esther Hizsa

“Sometimes I wish I could disappear,” I told Father Elton once while I was doing the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises last year. “Of course you do,” he said. “You want to do as you were told.” “What do you mean?” I … Continue reading →