Requiem for a Dog
Jayme Stayer, SJ Jun 23, 2014 Spirituality ~ Approx 11 mins
Jayme Stayer considers love for pets, mourning a dog, and Jesuit life.
Speaking of Tragedy: The Boston Marathon and Public Discourse
Jayme Stayer, SJ Apr 18, 2013 Uncategorized ~ Approx 4 mins
Boston resident Jayme Stayer considers poetry, tragedy, and the risks of talking about either.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Crack House
Jayme Stayer, SJ Aug 16, 2012 Uncategorized ~ Approx 10 mins
Culture wars? Relativism? The word “chalice”? TJP’s resident rhetorician Jayme Stayer gives us 13 examples of how the answers we give depend up on the (rhetorical) perspectives we take.
Sh*t Christian Poets Say: The Problems of God-Talk, Sentimentality, and Style (Part 2)
Jayme Stayer, SJ Feb 22, 2012 Uncategorized ~ Approx 6 mins
King of Snark Jayme Stayer returns for Part 2 of “Sh*t Christian Poets Say” – here he immerses us in Mary Karr’s poetic efforts to walk the tightrope between experience and theologizing.
Sh*t Christian Poets Say: The Problems of God-Talk, Sentimentality, and Style (Part 1)
Jayme Stayer, SJ Feb 15, 2012 Uncategorized ~ Approx 11 mins
*Sigh* Why is it so hard to a find good Christian poem these days? Thank God we’ve got our own King-of-Snark (and first-rate T.S. Eliot scholar) Prof. Jayme Stayer on hand to respond to such questions.