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.
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More Than Fish on Fridays
Sure, eating a Filet-o-Fish on Fridays will keep McDonald’s happy, but perhaps there’s something more to Lent than that.
How do you teach a twelve-year old to pray?
The Muppets, Kung Fu Panda, Sponge Bob and St. Ignatius? One of these things is not like the others. Perry Petrich highlights prayer for short attention spans.
A Rose by Any Other Name
Our Jim Keane argues persuasively that all Jim Keanes are ne’er-do-wells. How does our forgiving God feel about this?
Occupy My Heart
“Love demands a decision” writes Joe Hoover. He gets us there by cutting us with both of love’s sharp edges: the particular and the general, the individual and the universal, the romantic and the occupy.
Writing Gratitude
Tim O’Brien takes us back to grammar school as he remembers being taught to be thankful – and to really look – in an homage to a former Professor.
Christology Part 1: Ecce Homo
Paul Lickteig answers the question every lo-fi rock fan asked when they first heard Neutral Milk Hotel sing: “I love you, Jesus Christ”, namely, WTF?
God in All iThings
Pixar, iPads and Jimminy Cricket, hoping to grow in freedom TJP’s Eric Sundrup is going to need all the help he can get.
Centering the Lives of People Enslaved to the Jesuits: Black History, Memory, and Reconciliation
Most existing histories of Jesuit slaveholding prioritize the actions and voices of Jesuit slaveholders, and not the people they held in bondage. Ayan Ali tells about her research with the Jesuits’ Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project which seeks to address this historical bias by conducting extensive historical research with an intentional focus on the lives of enslaved people.
One-Minute Homily: Transfigured Darkness
At times, God seems so close, though those moments can be rare. Still, darkness is not the end of the story. Check out Fr. Michael Rossmann’s One-Minute Homily on the readings for the Second Sunday of Lent.