An Invitation Home to Grace
by Steve Givens, executive director Next week I will begin another year of guiding another person through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola. After a few weeks of “preparation …
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Hsin-hsin Huang: A Recovering ‘Martha’
In an article published in Presbyterian Outlook, long-time Bridges board member, volunteer and online site facilitator Hsin-hsin Huang explores the well-known story of Mary and Martha (John 11) and …
The Examen: The Examined Life Changes Everything
By Steve Givens, executive director For many in the Bridges community, praying the daily awareness examen has become part of our daily routine, a crucial pause for prayer that frames …
Wisdom Heard and Learned
On June 5, a group of 20 Bridges prayer companions met virtually to discuss their ministry of accompaniment and share their years of wisdom. Event organizer Joan Kletzker was listening …
Prayer Companion Christy Hicks Aydt Featured on Two Websites
Bridges prayer companion Christy Hicks Aydt was recently featured on two websites focused on women’s spirituality. She was the featured preacher for the Third Sunday of Easter for the website, …
New Bridges ‘Facebook Live’ Series Launches
“Bridges Conversations,” a new Facebook Live video series featuring members of the Bridges community, went live for the first time at noon on Friday, March 12. The pilot was hosted …
SAVE THE DATE: A Joyful Prayer Companion Morning June 5
All Bridges prayer companions (past and present) are invited to participate in a virtual “Joyful Prayer Companion Morning” on Saturday, June 5 from 8:30 to noon. Participants will share, pray …
Advent 2020: Welcome to the ‘Demented Inn’
In this time of advent hope — even in a seemingly hopeless time — we wait to welcome Christ again to the world. Unlike those people in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, we pledge to make room for him in the “inns” of our hearts, right? That’s the real hope for us right now. Do we have the courage to open the door?
Interview with Executive Director Linda Leib
Bridges Executive Director Linda Leib was recently interviewed about the origins, structure and spirituality of the Bridges Retreat by Angela Pancella, Director of Development and Parish Life for St. Francis …
A Rough Entry into the Spiritual Exercises
Dr. Hsin-hsin Huang came to Bridges in 1997, searching for a spiritual formational program to help her integrate spirituality and psychology. She was in a spiritual desert, thirsty for something to quench her dried-out soul. Twenty years later, she continues to “marinate in the richness of the Spiritual Exercises” — a way, she says, “of living, praying, relating to God, knowing Jesus, and living in radical honesty.”