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…
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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.
Why I Am Not Trayvon Martin
Saying “I am against racism” is, thankfully, commonplace. In his TJP debut Chris Schroeder pushes beyond the commonplace asking questions that push at the borders of our what we mean by solidarity.
Everything I Know About Prayer I Relearned in Spin Class
Taking a cue from election season, Michael Rossmann puts his own spin on how the spiritual life is like a room full of sweaty people on stationary bikes.
Whoever Has Ears Ought To Hear
Does your 9 am class resemble a set from the Walking Dead? Listen up! Sam Sawyer reminds us that our students are not zombies.
Whining in Public
TJP tried to enforce the infamous Hemingway Code. It lasted less than an hour because of our own Tim O’Brien.
Communion of Angst
“I had become a problem to myself” writes St. Augustine. “It’s not that Augustine is modern, it’s that we are ancient” rebuts Jim Keane.
This Could Be Heaven or This Could Be Hell
David Foster Wallace tries to convince Perry Petrich that a 7-Day cruise might not be so heavenly. It may even be hell!
Invocation for Beginnings
For anyone who hasn’t begun, who’s stuck in a terrible place between zero and one. This one’s for you!
Jobs, not Jails: Fr. G and the Homies of L.A.
Jay Hooks catches up with Fr. Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries for a phone interview. We promise that he was using a handsfree headset.









