Routine Maintenance

Routine Maintenance

Standing in front of my mirror, I wipe the sleep from my eyes. Contact lenses in, I go through the motions: I brush my teeth and floss (my dentist would be proud), wash my face and slather on shaving lotion. I place the rechargeable batteries into my cheap electric...
What I learned at an Anime Convention

What I learned at an Anime Convention

Going to my first anime convention, Anime St. Louis, I didn’t quite know what to expect.  I knew there would be special guests from the industry, panels, and numerous people cosplaying as their favorite characters.  And yet I arrived with some hesitations. I started...
Songs of Summer 2016

Songs of Summer 2016

Music should move the mind, the soul, or the body. Taylor Swift for Biblical Literature. Talib Kweli for Catholic Social Teaching. Flatfoot 56 for wrestling practice.  As a first-year theology teacher at Marquette University High School, I frequently employed music,...
Beauty Breaks Through

Beauty Breaks Through

I stirred in the blackness, a restless night of sleep. Groggy and dazed, I checked my phone to see if it was reasonable to get up, and read a push notification from BBC News that Christina Grimmie had been shot and killed in Orlando. All I wanted was to sleep through...
Thanks, Dad

Thanks, Dad

As the staff of The Jesuit Post reflected on Father’s Day, we realized that our fathers have shared with us their wisdom, humor, and examples. These both formed the servants we are, and the men we hope to be. Here is a list of the some of the treasured moments and...
Worth Reading: “Bent Body, Lamb”

Worth Reading: “Bent Body, Lamb”

“The last time I tell anyone I don’t believe in God is the summer before ninth grade. My mother and I are lying in my parents’ bed, still awake at three a.m.” This is how Molly McCully Brown begins “Bent Body, Lamb”, her gentle howl of an essay that I am here to tell...
Prayer During Tragedy

Prayer During Tragedy

Embed from Getty Images Events in our national life are often sadly familiar. That is certainly true of the Orlando shootings this past weekend. Mass violence. Contentious claims about Islam and domestic terrorism. The nation briefly rallying in solidarity. Prayers,...
The Voice in My Throat

The Voice in My Throat

The phone in my cubicle rings. It’s a loud sort of ring because the phone is ancient, one step above a rotary phone. I answer the call in the usual way, “UMKC cashier’s office, how can I help you?” The tone of my voice hovers between professional and courteous, which...