Jim Manney is the author of “The Prayer that Changes Everything: Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen” (Loyola Press, $9.95). He lives in Michigan.
A few years ago I started to pray using the Examen of St. Ignatius Loyola. Everything changed for me. Prayer took on a new, refreshing character. I became an evangelist for the Examen. I buttonholed friends, wrote blog posts and a book,