by Colten Biro | Aug 16, 2017 | Blogs, Creation, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Perhaps it’s the swamp water, bayou blood running through my veins, but whenever I see a mountain I immediately think two things: God, that’s big… I’ve got to climb it. Only, I see them all the time: great masses of granite, heights, and slopes, often appearing from...
by Lucas Sharma, SJ | Aug 15, 2017 | In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 3 mins
During my junior year of high school, I participated in a university course away from home. One day during that year, I received news that I must call my mother immediately. I picked up the phone and dialed my parents number. My mother answered, telling me she had...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Aug 15, 2017 | In the News, Justice, Race ~ Approx. 3 mins
Dear White Politicians, do not go to black churches today & tell us how much you hate racism. Go to white churches and tell them. — Leah D. Daughtry (@LeahDaughtry) August 13, 2017 Dear white people, I write this to you. In the hours following the Charlottesville...
by Juan Ruiz, SJ | Aug 14, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 2 mins
On June 17, I anxiously watched Trump denounce Obama’s shifts in American policy towards Cuba and roll some of the changes back, at least partially. Four days later I was supposed to leave on a flight to Havana to begin a trip I had been planning for three months. It...
by Matt Wooters, SJ | Aug 12, 2017 | Faith & Family ~ Approx. 6 mins
“How in God’s name did I get here?” I blurt out to the silent, grey statue of Christ Crucified. He is covered in bird droppings; hanging between oak trees on a warm, sunny, June afternoon. He doesn’t offer much by way of reply. I am on the 8-day silent retreat we...
by The Jesuit Post | Aug 11, 2017 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 4 mins
We all know the feeling. The stillness and heat of the summer settle upon you: you see the calendar, realize the move-in date, or a friend asks what your schedule for next semester looks like… And then it hits you: summer is nearly gone. Thankfully, our pop culture...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Aug 10, 2017 | Creation ~ Approx. 6 mins
In 1910, the largest fire in American history ripped through Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It torched over 3 million acres (4,700 sq mi) swallowing Western boom towns, mines, and communities. While the country had recently begun protecting national parks, this...
by Edward Chow, SJ | Aug 8, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 3 mins
I was sitting in my dorm room in Taiwan on a warm autumn day in 2009 when I found out that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Little did I know that, a year later, someone living just 80 miles away would receive that very same honor. Liu Xiaobo (Xiaobo...
by Brian Reedy, SJ | Aug 7, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 9 mins
Be sure to check out Danny Gustafson’s counterpoint to this essay! While the reaction to the recent Civiltà Cattolica article by Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J. and Rev. Marvelo Figueroa has been incredibly diverse, analysts as diverse as First Things (especially...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Aug 7, 2017 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 9 mins
See here for Brian Reedy’s counterpoint to this essay. At some point I heard it isn’t polite to discuss religion or politics at dinner. If that’s true – and boy do I hope it’s not true, because these are my two favorite topics – then you should...
