by Matt Spotts, SJ | Apr 24, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2min
I’m absolutely pathetic at being sneaky. One look at my face or a careful listen to my voice is usually enough for the people who know me best to tell whether I’m planning something. As far as I can remember, I’ve only ever pulled off one major surprise on a family...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Yesterday afternoon found me sitting on the couch here at TJP headquarters (read: our Jesuit living room in Berkeley) watching the Lakers play the Thunder. Now, I hate the Lakers – their 18 point comeback yesterday didn’t help – but I love watching them. And it’s...
by Chris Schroeder, SJ | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 8 mins
I am Trayvon Martin. When I heard about the killing of this young man, I felt crushed. I felt enraged. I thought about those friends, fellow parishioners, former students, who could have been victims of such fatal racial profiling. I read with sympathy about the...
by The Jesuit Post | Apr 23, 2012 | Week in Review ~ Approx. 1 min
This week, Brendan Busse does some preaching in the “Church of Pop,” reminding us that being born this way may be the beginning, but becoming perfect means loving the way we’re loved. Luckily, no one at TJP writes Bad Romances, but here’s what...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Apr 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
My phone is not smart; my phone does not even “flip,” let alone “slide.” I covet the iPad, but I don’t have one. I am not an early adopter. Not surprisingly, I didn’t start going to spin class until late in the game. I didn’t even know what spin class was until last...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
When teaching my 9 am philosophy class, I sometimes felt like the only civilized person in the room. The bodies of students, looking like extras from The Walking Dead, showed up, but their brains seemed to be missing. I imagined myself a philosopher-king, standing...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Apr 17, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
A while back I wrote a piece on the lie of worthlessness. More recently I wrote about the early seeds of my Jesuit vocation and how I came to realize that we’re meant to be exactly who we are. I received many heartfelt expressions of gratitude for those pieces. Many...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Last summer, Woody Allen released “Midnight in Paris,” his latest film and his love song to the City of Light. Having read no reviews before heading to the theatre, I was surprised that two of the film’s central characters were F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest...
by James T. Keane | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
If you’ve been a student in a Catholic school over the past half-century and you’ve spent any time studying the documents of Vatican II in English, chances are you used an edition of those documents edited by Walter Abbott, S.J. It’s a paperback with a red cover,...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Apr 16, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Minneapolis has a lot of paths around her lakes, and they attract an interesting mix of people on the weekends. Young couples slowly push strollers as older kids rush ahead with the dog. College-sweatered sweethearts enjoy an inexpensive date as joggers weave around...
