John Predmore
@predmoresj.bsky.social
Jesuit priest, artist, creator, retreat director, art and spirituality, maturing adult faith formation, book club, synod, spiritual exercises, art travel
The marathon training continues
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The marathon training continues
I was on the local NBC news for gift wrapping
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I was on the local NBC news for gift wrapping
May we offer you a gift? Please let us at Chorus North Shore sing for you as we prepare for Advent, Christmas, or Hanukkah. Come celebrate in song and joy as 120 voices and orchestra make your season a little brighter. It is a gift that you will delight your senses.
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
May we offer you a gift? Please let us at Chorus North Shore sing for you as we prepare for Advent, Christmas, or Hanukkah. Come celebrate in song and joy as 120 voices and orchestra make your season a little brighter. It is a gift that you will delight your senses.
Ignatius at Advent
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ignatius at Advent
Sold. I will miss this painting and yet I’m glad that my friends will have it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sold. I will miss this painting and yet I’m glad that my friends will have it.
Use exploratory questions for your Thanksgiving conversations. Set the groundwork for what and how you discuss.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Use exploratory questions for your Thanksgiving conversations. Set the groundwork for what and how you discuss.
Let’s recognize that control is an illusion
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Let’s recognize that control is an illusion
November First Friday: Come on down
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
November First Friday: Come on down
If you compare, you despair
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If you compare, you despair
Seeing the alternatives when someone says No
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Seeing the alternatives when someone says No
With a compassionate request, make the request answerable “now.”
September 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
With a compassionate request, make the request answerable “now.”
Make your compassionate request as specific and clear as possible.
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Make your compassionate request as specific and clear as possible.
Let’s turn our demands into compassionate requests and see the positive results.
August 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Let’s turn our demands into compassionate requests and see the positive results.
Slow down the conversation by asking for more time.
August 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Slow down the conversation by asking for more time.
When we are angry, the brain puts us in a position to do something rather than to think. We must slow down so we can think clearly.
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
When we are angry, the brain puts us in a position to do something rather than to think. We must slow down so we can think clearly.
Whoa! Slow it down.
August 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Whoa! Slow it down.
When you analyze someone's words or actions, you are not practicing empathy.
August 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
When you analyze someone's words or actions, you are not practicing empathy.
When people try to explain or defend, they are not practicing empathy.
August 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When people try to explain or defend, they are not practicing empathy.
Enough with the questions. Interrogation and Fact Finding are not practices of empathy.
August 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Enough with the questions. Interrogation and Fact Finding are not practices of empathy.
Sympathy is distinct from empathy.
August 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Sympathy is distinct from empathy.
Empathy does not try to fix or to counsel people.
August 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Empathy does not try to fix or to counsel people.
Discounting and Dismissing is not Empathy.
August 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Discounting and Dismissing is not Empathy.
Give advice only when you are explicitly asked for it.
August 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Give advice only when you are explicitly asked for it.
Comparing and one-upping is not empathy
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Comparing and one-upping is not empathy