by Alex Placke | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
As I was sitting in the car listening to Andy Grammer’s new hit song “Back Home” I couldn’t help but think of one of my favorite songs, “I Feel Home” by O.A.R. I then started to think of all the other songs I loved that dealt with being home. Whether I was jamming out...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Alright everyone, just chill out about this ice bucket challenge. Just because Major Leaguers, execs and correspondents on the NBC’s “TODAY,” and seemingly every other person on the face of the YouTube globe are doing it, doesn’t mean that you should. Well, right? Two...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Aug 12, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
I spent the summer in India. I brought a headlamp with me–a torch, as they say–and I was rarely without it. It served as a comfort and guide in dark places. It guarded me against the noises and creatures of the night. It gave me hope to think that I...
by Joe Wotawa | Aug 11, 2014 | Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
The most afraid I’ve ever been was in a movie theater. A theater a few blocks from my house regularly has midnight “cult classics” showings. Imagine films like Pulp Fiction and Back to the Future shown with fans coming out of the woodwork dressed in complete...
by Billy Biegler, SJ | Aug 8, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Mid-sip of a cup of coffee, on an outing with an old high school friend, I heard the beginning of a terrifying sentence; “Remember the time in high school when….” Immediately, possibilities ran through my head–most of them embarrassing: Do I...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
“The lamps are going out all over Europe. They will not be lit again in our lifetime.” Sir Edmund Grey, the British foreign secretary gave haunting voice to his, and many others’, foreboding about the War to End All Wars in early August of 1914. August 4...
by Jason Downer, SJ | Aug 5, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
We live in a country where at least 14 people were killed over the 4th of July weekend in Chicago and where mass shootings seem to have become normal. We live in a world with old and new conflicts creating more and more violence: Israel and Palestine, Syria, Iraq,...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
I root for one team that has set an ignominious record in American sports history and another that hasn’t won a championship in 54 years. Cheering on a sports team that lets you down can seem like a series of sucker punches that make you wonder why you ever bothered...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jul 31, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Around the online and social media world of Jesuit and Ignatian folks, we’re all celebrating the feast of St. Ignatius today. And yes, we know it’s also Harry Potter’s birthday, so we’re celebrating that as well: There are plenty more of these...
by John Guyol, SJ | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
It is tough to meet a person who has not heard Pharrell William’s recent song “Happy.” Debuting on Billboard 100 in January of 2014, “Happy” took the well-trod path of hit songs. It quickly climbed to the top of the charts. Radio stations began to play it on a...
