The hardest thing, he said, was changing your motivating question from “What do I need?” to “What can I give?”
All posts by Brendan Busse, SJ
Brendan was born and raised in southern California. His love of narrative and social justice led him to pursue degrees in English (BA) and Theology (MA) at Loyola Marymount University. Before joining the Jesuits he served as a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize and worked in Campus Ministry at LMU as the director of Community Service and Social Justice. In recent years he studied Social Philosophy (MA) at Loyola University, Chicago and taught in the Matteo Ricci College of Seattle University. He was ordained a priest in 2017.
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“Let Me Be,” The National Anthem of Our Perpetual Adolescence
Brendan Busse asks what this one underground British rock band can teach us about what we’re paying attention to in our hour of darkness – ourselves or some whispered words of wisdom.
Good Enough: On the Lie of Worthlessness
Some of us are just really good at what we do. Others worry that they’re actually really good… just not good enough.
Ash Wednesday: Leaving the Guided Tour
What are we to do with the hypocrisy of this day? Remember that what’s important is who we are before God…
Suffering Love: On What the World Does to Children
During the first week of my long retreat I was having disturbingly vivid dreams about wounded children. I’d awake having dreamt of kids in hospital beds…
Falling Trees: On the Weight of Life
A few months ago two 1500 year-old giant sequoias, twinned at their base, fell in California. While not unheard of, this kind of thing certainly doesn’t happen every day—if it did these trees wouldn’t grow to be as old as they are…
Wasp’s Nest Worries: On the Constant Labor of Creation
I worry more than I exercise. This is not good for my health. Once, on a silent retreat, my spiritual director suggested that I pray about the fact of God’s constant struggling effort in creation. Well, in my world (the world of the fat kid) nothing says ‘struggling effort in creation’ like a short hike, so I took a morning walk up to English Point.
Pressure and Patience: Putting Toothpaste Back in the Tube
Always ready to risk being confused for the crazy man on the corner (don’t worry, we know and love that guy), Brendan Busse plays the contrarian by claiming that toothpaste actually can be put back in the tube.
Home Safe: A Vision of Umpire Jesus (Part 2)
Occasionally as a kid I would stay out too late and find myself running home after dark filled with the anxious fear of a child’s overactive imagination…