by Jason Welle | Jan 12, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
You’re probably familiar with The Most Interesting Man in the World. But what about The Happiest Man in the World? Well, his name was Huell Howser, and he died from cancer last Monday, January 7. For 19 years, Huell produced and hosted California’s Gold, a charming...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Duy Quang 1951 to three weeks ago Wednesday Indulge my Eurocentrism and let me call Quang the Jackie Jackson of Vietnam. The “eldest sibling in Vietnam’s most enduring singing family,” he’s kept fans in Vietnam and beyond enthralled with his velvet voice. He leaves...
by Quang Tran, SJ | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Imagine you are Jesus, returning to Earth to hang out with folks for a few days – not the Second Coming, necessarily…just a few days in the old neighborhood. Surely people would recognize you by now – assuming you look how we think Jesus looked. Folks probably...
by Jake Martin, SJ | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Yesterday I found myself terrified of “liking” something a Jesuit friend had posted on Facebook, because I deemed it too “religious-y,” and thought, “What will my comedy friends think?” I spend the better part of my Facebook life in this internal tension of...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 8, 2013 | Blogs ~ Approx. 4 mins
It only struck me after the fact, (just in time for a few New Year’s resolutions…) but Santa’s fundamental question is a serious one: “What do you want for Christmas?” In the hurried callousness of our daily lives we fail to appreciate its substance; we presume it’s...
by Vinny Marchionni, SJ | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
We all love Les Misérables (okay, fine – most of us: American Idol veteran Adam Lambert is a notable exception). A key theme throughout is the generosity and self-offering of so many doomed, tragic characters. However we encounter the story, we are introduced to the...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
We Jesuits at The Post make it our mission to seek God in all things. We put great effort into parsing the sacred and secular amidst a bounty of holiday tunes. Well, seems like Sufjan Stevens is trying to put us out of a job. He does this better than we ever could....
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
“He lost because God wanted him to.” That was what Dionisia Pacquiao said a few weeks ago, after her son, the noted Philippino boxer Manny Pacquiao, was felled for the first time in ten years. For her part, Dionisia is convinced that Pac-man’s loss is linked to his...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
I was having a conversation with my brother the other day and I asked him if he had any heroes. It took him a second to respond. “What do you mean by hero?” he asked. “Well…” I had to pause to think for a second… “Someone that you can look up to and use as a...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 4, 2013 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Fontella Bass 1940 to last Wednesday So imagine that your life is falling apart – you’re cold ‘cause your furnace broke down, lonely ‘cause your phone’s been cut off, and homebound cause your car got repo’ed. Then, like a bolt from the blue, you hear your own voice...
