The salary’s low, but the job security is out-of-this-world — a plug for vocations in the economic downturn sets Sam Sawyer to thinking about how God gets our attention.
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The Lonely Hearts Club
Not that we want you to stop “liking” TJP’s stuff on Facebook — but Tim O’Brien wonders what the habit of connecting all the time might leave out.
The Effects of the YouTube Virus
Call me, maybe? Burgeoning YouTube star Michael Rossmann writes about Carly Rae, religion, and joy (the “most infallible sign of the presence of God”).
Sex, Money, Power, and … Celibacy?
In his TJP debut, ESPN coverage of a sex scandal gets Jeff Sullivan thinking about celibacy — and if that’s not a train of thought that gets you writing for TJP, we don’t know what is.
The Robots Are Coming … To Grade
Even though he can’t outsource his grading to robots (yet), Matt Dunch still found time during finals to write a post about it.
Grasped by God in Nature
Does the pursuit of scientific truth lead to Truth? Does the pursuit of nature’s beauty lead to Beauty? John Shea tells us his own story of God in nature.
Trouble in Mind
Feeling anxious? Tim O’Brien will see your anxiety and raise you a Kierkegaard — and tell you what anxiety is good for.
You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?
Eric Sundrup brings a fire extinguisher to a flamewar — and asks to us back away, slowly, from the comments box.
Double or Nothing
Matt Dunch takes up Tim O’Brien’s challenge to write his own post about nothing. The editors still aren’t sure if they’re up to something…
Alone Together
Despite Paddy Gilger’s worries that all our digital connections may prevent actual conversations, he still gets the shakes if you tell him he can’t play New World Colony.