Seaspiracy, the new documentary about global fisheries, has performed remarkably well on review aggregating websites and Netflix’s Top 10 list. Its reception among ocean experts, though, has been much less positive. The film is littered with factual errors,...
I’ve been sober now for almost two years. And this will not be my whole story with alcohol; it would not be edifying. Suffice it to say, I was a so-called “functional” alcoholic. Because of this, it took me a long time to question my unhealthy relationship with...
Jesus is Risen! Alleluia! Today we celebrate the triumph of the resurrection over sin and death. Christopher Alt, SJ, reflects on the resurrection through a parable about a father’s love. The Lord is risen. Alleluia! Hi, I’m Christopher Alt and this is my...
Podcast Episode: Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and everywhere you get podcasts. This talk draws us into the Fourth Week of the Exercises and explores a question Jesus asks of all of us: do you love me? We begin this episode in Jesus’ tomb and...
Podcast Episode: Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and everywhere you get podcasts. This talk considers Judas’s question to Jesus at the Last Supper: Surely, it is not I, Lord? Given our Holy Week experience, it moves us into the Third Week of the...
Podcast Episode: Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and everywhere you get podcasts. This talk continues our experience of the Second Week, exploring the public ministry of Jesus and the relationships he formed with the people he served. It focuses on...
Podcast Episode: Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and everywhere you get podcasts. This episode considers the question, “How can this be?” It hearkens Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, and begins our entry into the Second Week of the Spiritual...
I love using social media. It is the best way for me to connect to the world and keep in touch with those I love and care for. Still, social media are streams of unfiltered information and emotion. Thus, I need some kind of filter to help me with navigating social...
Podcast Episode: Also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, and everywhere you get podcasts. This talk explores the second question God asks humanity in the sacred scriptures: who told you that? It considers the First Week of the Spiritual Exercises of St....
Eight years ago, Pope Francis gave us the now familiar image of the Church as a “field hospital.” He said what “the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.” Sr. Liz Sjoberg’s story and...
