by Jason Welle | Feb 5, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
You’ve gotta love Nordstrom customer service. They are willing to tackle any market no matter how niche. I know just how great Nordstrom customer service is because one of my first jobs after graduating from college was at Nordstrom in downtown San Francisco. One time...
by John Shea, SJ | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Ryan Bart, a graduate of Gonzaga University, first fell in love with magic when he was twelve years old. Like most of us, he entered that “magic phase” of childhood when we aspire to be the next Harry Houdini or David Copperfield. Perhaps an older sibling or cousin...
by Ken Homan, SJ | Feb 2, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
“I listen to everything except hip-hop and country.” That was my stock answer whenever people asked my teenaged self what kind of music I enjoyed. Explaining why I disliked these two was a different matter, but it boiled down to this: as a white, affluent,...
by Marcos Gonzales | Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
I struggle with prayer at certain times of my life. Often times I chalk it up to a struggle with method. If my prayers aren’t answered in the way I want them to be, then perhaps I am doing it wrong. Or perhaps I should switch to a different method — between journaling...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
The pantheon of outstanding Super Bowl commercials is a broad collection that includes horses playing football, frogs desiring to quench their thirst, a cheating soda deliveryman, and Joe Greene’s jersey. Foremost among the pantheon’s members, though, is Apple’s...
by Jay Hooks | Jan 30, 2014 | Catholic Writing ~ Approx. 14 mins
This week, TJP’s Catholic Writing Series presents a familiar face: Kaya Oakes was kind enough to do an audio interview with us last spring. Back then we talked about her recently-published Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church. As you...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 4 mins
Originalmente en Inglés, traducido por Manuel Carrasco García-Moreno Un día como hoy, hace dos años, estaba yo sentado en el sofá de mi sala de estar en Berkeley, California. Eran las 2:30 de la madrugada. Tenía mi computador portátil en las rodillas y en la pantalla...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Jan 29, 2014 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Have you ever taken jabs at someone who is already down? I know I have. It doesn’t take long before our conscience bites back at us for our thoughtless, biting remarks. On the occasion of Justin Bieber’s recent arrest, NPR’s Mark Memmot explained why he wouldn’t be...
by Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ | Jan 28, 2014 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Many of the faces were familiar and, slowed by age and speckled with grey, they reminded me of the past. As I sat through Mass, I had great memories of Christmas celebrations in that church, my home parish. I recalled the various priests that had served there and the...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 24, 2014 | About TJP, Site News ~ Approx. 3 mins
Two years ago today I was sitting on a couch in a living room in Berkeley, California. It was 2:30 in the morning. On my lap was a computer, and on that computer’s screen were three things: via FaceTime, my buddy Sam Sawyer with whom I was talking; via Bill Gates,...
