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Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest who’s written numerous books, blog posts and appeared on Comedy Central, describes “a longing for a connection with God and for a way to make that connection real in the world,” in today’s USA Today. In ancient days the church told Gospel stories with pictures in stained-glass windows. Now it’s the Web and TV. Says Martin, 49: “Everyone needs a medium. Mine is popular culture.” Read more insights from Father Martin along with a discussion of his new book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: The Spirituality of Real Life, here. You can also listen to Father Martin discuss his new book during a podcast with America Magazine here.

Jesuit Father James Martin, culture editor at America Magazine and author of My Life with the Saints, introduces his latest book, a guide to Ignatian spirituality for the general reader. In A Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, Father Martin explains such Jesuit maxims as “finding God in all things” and “contemplatives in action” while also providing a clear description of the examen, lectio divina and other ways to pray that have grown out of the Jesuit tradition. He also draws upon the work of Avery Dulles, Karl Rahner and other, lesser known Jesuits who have served as “wisdom figures” in his own life. You can listen to Father Martin discuss his new book during a podcast with America Magazine here.

Jesuit Father James Martin, culture editor at America Magazine and author of My Life with the Saints, introduces his latest book, a guide to Ignatian spirituality for the general reader. In A Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, Father Martin explains such Jesuit maxims as “finding God in all things” and “contemplatives in action” while also providing a clear description of the examen, lectio divina and other ways to pray that have grown out of the Jesuit tradition. He also draws upon the work of Avery Dulles, Karl Rahner and other, lesser known Jesuits who have served as “wisdom figures” in his own life. You can listen to Father Martin discuss his new book during a podcast with America Magazine here.