by Joe Simmons, SJ | Jan 29, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
To date, I have had about eleven years of Jesuit education. High school, college, and graduate school. I drank the Jesuit ‘kool-aid’, and being a Jesuit has formed who I am and how I see the world. I expected that to continue now in my regency, teaching...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 28, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2min
I laughed at the cross. In a moment of profound irreverence, in the midst of a 30-day silent retreat, I beheld the candle-lit crucifix hanging high on the wall of the chapel just behind the empty altar, and I laughed. I laughed out loud. Why, you wonder? Well, to...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
“We’ll sing number six hundred and fifty in your song books. Number six hundred and fifty.” As I reached for my nonexistent hymn book I realized that the tiny chapel in which I and my classmates were praying had, apparently, run out of hymnals. And then a strange...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1min
David Lynch is not frequently mentioned in the same sentence as Saint Paul the Apostle. But both Lynch and St. Paul end up earnestly articulating the message of Jesus in a way their audiences can understand and embrace. While Paul preached around the Roman empire,...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 26, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m not sure exactly when it was that I fell head over heels in love with the game of soccer, but I know exactly who was responsible. From the early to the mid 2000’s, French soccer legend Thierry Henry glided across the pitch with an irrepressible combination of...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Almost every guide about how to pray I’ve ever read begins with the instruction “Find a quiet place…” including this one from TJP’s own Ryan Duns, SJ. Of course, finding such silence grows more and more difficult, a fact that’s been brought home...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 2 mins
The choice of faith orients everything in our lives and whether you choose to believe in God or not is anything but a casual concern. The poet Mary Oliver boldly confronts us with the question in her popular poem, The Summer Day, when she writes, “Tell me, what is it...
by John Shea, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 5 mins
So this guy came up to me – okay he was another Jesuit in a Jesuit rec room, not just some guy on the street – but, he asked me: “John, dude, we’re starting a website that looks at popular culture and faith and stuff, and we’d wondered if you’d be interested in...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
What’s that, no more Tebow you say? Are those tears in your eyes? Well, pssh, I say. There’s no crying on the internet. And I also say, how can you have too much of that which composes everything? That would be like having too much cheese or Bernie Brewer. And...
by Paddy Gilger, SJ | Jan 24, 2012 | About TJP, Site News, Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2 mins
Kevin Garnett, Jesus, Bob Dylan and Descartes. Really? I squinted to get a better look at the young guy standing in front of me. It sure seemed like he was wearing a black shirt and a white plastic collar. And it sure seemed like he had just tied these four men...
