by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
“Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world.” “Come, let us adore.” That invocation and response are sung today, three times, as the Cross is venerated in the Good Friday liturgy. And honestly, the best advice I...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Doors closing. Please stand clear of the closing doors. Next stop, Jesus falls for the 1st time. Doors open on the left. Mind the Gap! We love mashups here at TJP. This latest mashup involves a former co-worker of mine who spent his day riding the the entire ‘L’...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
There’s something mystical about feeling the earth beneath your feet. Bonus points if you can arrange for “Chariots of Fire” to be playing as your soundtrack. Simply running isn’t enough anymore. In order to reconnect with our primal, natural selves, we need to start...
by Joe Simmons, SJ | Apr 5, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
Each man’s death diminishes me, For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee. – John Donne I admit it – I’m a sucker for a good old-fashioned bell tower. My alma mater, Marquette University, has a beauty...
by Matthew Dunch, SJ | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
If some the the hype around neuroscience is correct — we may never pray the same way again. That’s one of the conclusions we might leap to from reports like NPR’s “Is This Your Brain On God?” Some research suggests that there’s a “God spot” in the brain, a region that...
by Joe Hoover, SJ | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 9 mins
If you have ever thrown an elbow or slid cleats high. If you ever snapped back or punched first. If you have ever quietly stolen inconsequential things, small pieces of candy from a store, a magazine from a waiting room. If you have wiped your mouth on a dishtowel and...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Apr 3, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
The summer before my final year of philosophy studies in Chicago I was sent to the far northeastern region of India, to a state called Nagaland. I was to live at Eden Gardens, a Jesuit run boarding home with about 215 children in a village named Khuzama. I boarded...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
There are all kinds of sayings about the sense of sight, and especially how it can mislead us: “Looks can be deceiving,” “don’t let your eyes fool you,” and “beauty is only skin deep.” These came to mind the other day as I read this post by Richard Krulwich at NPR. It...
by Michael Rossmann, SJ | Apr 2, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 7 mins
This is excruciating. As I type these words I’m being assaulted by cheers and groans from the next room. My brother Jesuits, like many others on this basketball-obsessed campus, are caught up in the throes of March Madness, and it is killing me. After...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Apr 2, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
I heard about the death of Trayvon Martin a bit late in the game. By the time I heard about it, all of the deep pain that tragedy and the specter of racial violence can evoke had already combined with the acrimony and vitriol that national news cycles can generate. ...
