Joe Simmons finds that Pope Francis’ attention to deeds rather than words is interrupting his writing time.
Posts in Spirituality
Amateurism (It’s for Lovers)
“There is nothing we can do but love” said Dorothy Day. Brendan Busse couldn’t agree more, because it’s only in love – in embracing our fundamental amateurism – that we can do the same.
A Pope Prays, the Digital World Pauses
Leave it to a Jesuit Pope to break the digital immediate-response cycle. Matt Spotts on how Pope Francis called us to prayer.
Given Up Yet? Then it’s Time for Renewal
What is the one thing standing between our dusty origin and our dusty destiny? The Love of God. Only this.
Finsternis, or Into the Depths
Who taught you to go deep? Who dared you to crack open the secret vaults of your heart? Who stood by as you crept hesitatingly into the silence?
An Open Letter to Parents: Thank You for Not Using the Cry Room
Channelling his love for kids, and the lovely Ms. Meg Hunter-Kilmer, Joe Simmons says thanks to parents.
Predicting the Pope, or Vatican Paging Nate Silver
Matt Spotts is here to talk about why you and he probably won’t predict the next pope.
Giving Up for Lent, or Teaching Poverty in America
Accepting the gift of our life reveals a powerful truth: the antidote to poverty is not wealth. It is generosity.
It’s… A Russian Development
Joe Simmons admits his undying love of Arrested Development and The Brothers Karamazov… and of Helen Rittelmeyer who first brought them together.
“Who Do You Say That I Am?”
Never intimidated by the impossible, Brendan Busse asks both the religious and secular some questions about how we talk with one another.