Have trouble finding a seat in church this Easter? Tim O’Brien did too — but ended up being grateful for the “happy throng.”
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Pop Culture Reboots and the Comfort of the Resurrection
TJP pop-culture savant Sean Dempsey packs his debut with references to Three’s Company, the Hunger Games, and the Spiderman reboot (already?!). He looks to a brother Jesuit for an answer to the question: is there anything at the center of the relentless pop-cycle?
Spolier Alert: Hunger Games Actually Happy
President Snow had good reason to worry about the girl on fire. Perry Petrich explores that pesky tendency of hope to light up the whole world.
What Does Easter Look Like?
Sam Sawyer wonders whether Stephen Colbert dancing is a better image of Easter than Jesus in a glowing toga.
Good Friday, Even on the Web
If you’re stuck behind a screen instead of in church today, TJP brings a little of Good Friday on the web to you.
‘L’ Stations of the Cross
Can you list the Stations of the Cross? Fullerton, Loyola, Chicago… wait, what?!?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod
Eric Sundrup only asks the tough questions: is joining the barefoot runners (and perhaps getting closer to God’s creation) worth being mistaken for a silver back gorilla?
Neuro-Everything
Is this your brain on God? Will spiritual directors need to learn to read MRIs? Matt Dunch offers his take on the neuroscience of prayer … and everything else.
Flaw
“The flaws, the sins, the marks missed.” With Spy Wednesday pulling Lent to a close, Joe Hoover asks us for a few moments to consider, with him, the flaw.
A Careful Look at “Nothing”
When is “nothing” really something? Often enough, Tim O’Brien explains, when what we’re looking for doesn’t look the way we expect it to.