by Brian Strassburger, SJ | Mar 7, 2016 | Education, Humor ~ Approx. 6 mins
Learning a language is hard. Just try to have a conversation with a three-year-old. Poor grammar, limited vocab, repeating familiar phrases…come on, kid! Is that the best you can do in three years? For the first 30+ years of my life, I profited from English’s...
by Danny Gustafson, SJ | Mar 3, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News ~ Approx. 3 mins
I hate being wrong. Knowing that I’m an unabashed political junkie, other Jesuits I live with regularly ask me for the latest update on what’s going on in the political world. Donald Trump has, predictably, been a common topic of inquiry for the last six months....
by Eric Immel, SJ | Mar 1, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’ve been making a particular discernment these past months about my next steps as a Jesuit. It’s been draining. Draining, but good. Long days of interviews, reports, conversations, clarifications, prayer, more reports, more conversations, more clarifications, prayer,...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Feb 29, 2016 | In the News, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
Am I dumber because of using Facebook? Not only does clickbait telling me which Star Wars character best represents each US state1 fail to expand my intellectual horizons, but social media potentially makes me dumber in that I end up seeing the views of people who...
by Dan Everson, SJ | Feb 24, 2016 | Faith & Politics, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
On Ash Wednesday, a group of Jesuits and I got to lead services for some young people in Chicago. We read from Isaiah 53’s account of the Suffering Servant: He was spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering, knowing pain, Like one from whom you turn your face,...
by Damian Torres-Botello, SJ | Feb 23, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Discovering who I was in college didn’t come with much affirmation that love could be part of my human experience. I dreamed of marriage and children with all the typical accessories of the American Dream. But encountering anything romantic came in the form of...
by Bill McCormick, SJ | Feb 22, 2016 | Faith & Politics ~ Approx. 4 mins
What does the presidential race look like going into Super Tuesday? TJP’s political insiders, Bill McCormick and Dan Dixon, have put their heads together to ask a few important questions for us to consider… 1. Who Won? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump....
by Lucas Sharma, SJ | Feb 19, 2016 | In the News, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
Prayer. Fasting. Almsgiving. The three buzzwords of Lent. Each year, I start off strong, but often my zeal tapers as the 40 days progress – usually somewhere around day three. Then, all of a sudden, Easter is here, and I’ve forgotten about them because I’ve...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Feb 18, 2016 | Education, Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice ~ Approx. 5 mins
Last month, our colleagues at America published a detailed account of the economic challenges facing adjunct college professors. These difficulties include lack of health insurance, inadequate pay, and job insecurity. On a national scale, a study from UC Berkeley...
by Dan Everson, SJ | Feb 17, 2016 | Justice, Spirituality ~ Approx. 2 mins
Perhaps you, like 20 million others, have seen this video. When I saw it, I felt so thankful that I had purchased sandwiches for two homeless men earlier that day. I felt like I was on the good side. But since that day — as on countless occasions prior to that...
