We were on the 110 heading south when we began to notice small white feathers floating outside the car. The traffic came to a crawl, and we gazed up at the towers of downtown L.A. through a cloud of feathers…
Posts in Spirituality
The Best Penance Ever
Penance doesn’t make the hurt feelings disappear like my brother Jesuits when it’s time to empty the dishwasher, but it does start the process of getting back into the habits of good relationship, into the habit of enjoying God.
Be Kind…
Word is mean people suck. Watch James Martin, S.J. explain how not to be one of them.
Out of the Mouths of Babes: Why I Love Teaching Teenagers
One of my favorite students (not that teachers have favorites), who can do no wrong in my estimation (not that teachers are partial), floats in late, unphased by his tardiness and starts chatting me up…
From Both Sides Now
The hardest thing, he said, was changing your motivating question from “What do I need?” to “What can I give?”
“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…