by Matt Spotts, SJ | May 31, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
When my alarm drags me out of sweet slumber, I have one thought: I hate everything. Shaking off sleep I’m still 45 minutes away from being ready to face the world. No matter how much I want to change the number on my scale, I’m ready to ditch the gym today. “I can...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | May 31, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Do you ever find yourself clicking mindlessly through web pages, not so much “surfing” the internet as adrift on it? Have you noticed that more surfing tends to lead only to more mindlessness? The spiritual background of this temptation, however, may...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
I would like to dedicate this to my dear friends who whine about my musical tastes. Dear friend-who-hates-on-my-pop-music, I’ve often assumed that you are a little smarter than I. All those times I’ve turned on one of our Jesuit cars and NPR was on and immediately...
by Paul Lickteig, SJ | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
Terri Schiavo. Cardinal Law. Fr. Cutie. Margaret McBride. Obamacare. The LCWR. Tossed into a room, each of these symbolic hand-grenades can be counted on to create explosively heated discussions. Depending upon which side of these debates we fall, on whether we...
by The Jesuit Post | May 28, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
This week, Matt Spotts and Matthew Dunch both weighed in on commencement — Spotts from a student perspective, and with an eye on the Ascension, while Dunch, from the faculty seats, told us that the most important parts of the university stay with us. (Yes, we know...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | May 24, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
Somewhere near this day four years ago, I was sitting on a commuter train at the Fordham Road station, right next to the university from which I’d just graduated. As the doors closed and the train slowly pulled away I pressed my head against the window, trying to...
by Jeff Sullivan, SJ | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 10 mins
I know, I know, you can’t take it anymore (jump to the 1:31 mark; © Squintz). It’s been a week of flipping through channels and biting nails, anxiety flooding through you as you wondered whether your theatrical bromance would be worthy of the top 10. Well who am I to...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’ve long since resigned myself to being the “tech guy” wherever I live. (Among the joys this brings to my life are: knowing where every WiFi access point is hidden in the ceilings, conversations that begin “I’m so glad to see you — my computer just crashed,” and...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
At Xavier and at universities across the country it’s graduation season. I’ve been through many graduations before, but this is my first as a faculty member. My first impression: hey, this is much better seat, third row on the center aisle. My second and hopefully...
by Chris Schroeder, SJ | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
My dad went to bed during Game Six. That’s right, the Game Six. Allow me to pause here so that every Cardinals fan reading this can allow some sweet, sweet oxygen to flow back into their lungs, and so that I can explain to those of you who may not be baseball fans (or...
