Brendan Busse finds asking those who still practice religion why others have quit the game a… curious approach. He asks: why not go to the source itself?
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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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What I Got For Christmas
“I’m deeply aware that in the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas we live between two questions: ‘What do you want?’ and ‘What did you get’? …”
This American Life, or Did Video Kill the Radio Star?
“In the end, I suppose thinking of God as a DJ isn’t the worst metaphor out there. Imagine him bent over a mixing board holding one headphone to his eternal ear, taking the tracks of history and mixing them up…”
Listen Here. Write Now.
“We don’t listen enough. We tweet. We post. We like. We share. We recommend. We promote. We rave. We rant. …Connected we may be, but attentive we are not. This is not good.”
Angry Prayers (Parental Advisory: Explicit Language)
This is my psalm of lament: “God, damn it” (Psalms of Brendan – Book 1, verse 1). Is it too much? Or is it prayer?
Mumford & Psalms: Hopelessness and Grace
In a counter-review, Brendan Busse counters his friend and brother Perry Petrich’s claim that “People are always hungry, cold and full of desire.”
Unfortunate Cookies
“I gently tugged the fortune loose from the cookie’s gnarled grasp. It’s sacred parchment was half translucent from sesame oil where the cookie had pinched the paper. And before eating I read silently, expectantly, to myself…”
The Other Side of Joy: A Newborn Redux
“I should have trusted her… but instead I was like a nervous disciple in a storm tossed ship; and she was graceful, calming the storm of my fear; her gentle eyes telling me: be not afraid…”
What’s the Fuzz?
Our resident bearded one, Brendan Busse, has some thoughts for you on the spirituality of not shaving.