The hardest thing, he said, was changing your motivating question from “What do I need?” to “What can I give?”
Posts in Spirituality
“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.
Sarcasm Part 3: On Etymology and Jesuit Romanticism
Teaching in a high school as I do, maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised at finding myself utterly unable to get any distance from sarcasm these past few days…
Spiritual Painkillers
Matt Spotts details his plan to lay off the spiritual anaesthetics during Lent 2012.
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.
Sarcasm Part 2: Simpsons, Seinfeld, and St. Ignatius’ Response to Cynicism
You can tell a lot about a person by what they read. I, for one, love perusing people’s bookshelves – but all bets are off in a Jesuit community…
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…
Common Phrases, Uncommon Faith
I used to have a fairly deep distaste for the phrase, “Everything happens for a reason”…
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…
Life of a Spiritual Athlete: Learning to Sing
Late last fall, I gave my first public singing performance. I had picked up voice lessons for the first time in my life last fall and was totally shocked by how much I enjoyed it…