At the doorstep of ordination to the priesthood, Joe Simmons, SJ names three desires for life as a priest…
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Offering a ‘Welcome Home’
When thinking of his own responses to others, Colten Biro, SJ, remembers the welcome and kindness a community once gave him.
They’re Mocking Me, Aren’t They?
Garrett Gundlach, SJ explores the lesser-known love language, most popular among high schoolers: mockery.
A Christmas Family
Christmas can be a time for family, but sometimes those families aren’t always traditional. Damian Torres-Botello, SJ explores how his Christmas family has grown.
Joy (With a Big Red Bow on Top)
Colten Biro, SJ, remembers that sometimes the best interruptions of joy have a big red bow on top of their head.
What Can Words Do?
Paddy Gilger, SJ and Matt Spotts, SJ found themselves asking what good it does to write and think in the wake of the violence experienced over the last few days.
Worth Reading: “Bent Body, Lamb”
How do we stop holding life – and God – at a distance? Paddy Gilger, SJ points to a hauntingly beautiful essay that shows the way.
The Privilege of Unbelief & the Enduring Question of God
Does God exist? Joe Simmons, SJ wonders what our questions about belief have to say about us who ask them.
A Good Friday Poem
Good Friday is the day each year that we walk with Jesus in His passion, and hear that haunting question: “Can you drink the cup?”
Fine by Me? The Grace of a Traffic Ticket
Who doesn’t *love* getting pulled over? Alex Llanera, SJ explores how even a traffic ticket became an occasion for grace.