by James Martin, SJ | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Calling someone a “Jesuit comedian” comes with some baggage. That admittedly odd phrase conjures up several images, all unfortunate: a fully vested priest telling lame-o jokes during a Sunday Mass while the bored parishioners roll their eyes; a young Jesuit scholastic...
by Jake Martin, SJ | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
Editor’s note: The following is excerpt from What’s So Funny about Faith? by Jake Martin, SJ, copyright 2012 by Loyola Press. This is reprinted with permission of Loyola Press. To order copies please call 1-800-621-1008 or go to...
by The Jesuit Post | Sep 30, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1min
How fast do things move on the web? Last week we were surprised to learn that Jesus was married (according to a probably-unreliable and possibly-faked 4th century papyrus). This week, we’ve awarded “Golden Iggys” for the best reader suggestion for...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Andy Williams 1927 to Tuesday Williams was the ‘hopelessly square’ singer whose ‘essentially bland’ Andy Williams Show brought stars like Donny Osmond and Judy Garland to the eyes and ears of the nation from his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri. (A town that...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Alrightalrightalright, so even HuffPo is expressing some doubt about whether the Mrs. Jesus papyrus fragment is authentic. Never the less (!) gifts have been registered for and presents have been bought. We can’t just let a little thing like “truth” derail the...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Sep 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
These days my students and I are considering whether the Creation narratives in the Book of Genesis are truthful, factual, or both. Or neither. Can some reality be true that does not rest on a bed of neat, verifiable facts? The question seems a little philosophical...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | Sep 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
Editor’s note: A week ago TJP regular Paul Lickteig published an essay on the Huffington Post titled “How I Became a Jesuit Priest.” But he wanted to share another, perhaps more personal version of the story here on The Jesuit Post. We’re...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Sep 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I walked into my Jesuit community a week ago to find three of my brothers dancing. Not just moving in place dancing, but real, shake-it, dancing. They were watching a music video, grins pasted all over their faces and their hands crossed as if holding imaginary...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Sep 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
Last weekend, I was minding my business and scrolling through my news feed on Facebook. Then I stumbled upon a post by my fellow TJP editor Sam Sawyer, and my life hasn’t been the same since. Quoth Sam: So does this full orchestral treatment mean that this meme has...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Sep 25, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Apparently I’m not the only one who loves babies. After my piece on the way-biggerness of newborn love ran up the charts, a friend of mine told me that I “hit it out of the park.” (For the record: neither I nor anyone at TJP condones hitting babies, out of parks or...
