Zags fan Perry Petrich had a rough weekend watching his team get knocked out, but Eric Sundrup’s XU Musketeers are still hanging in there.
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The Exercises: The 4th Week, or “Now That We’ve Found Love (What Are We Gonna Do With It?)”
We cap off a week of spiritual exercise with Kevin O’Brien’s interpretation of the summit of the Exercises.
The Hunger Games
Paddy Gilger confesses that he likes to argue “unsupported by actual facts or evidence” but this time we think his claims about dystopia are right on the money.
The Exercises: The 2nd & 3rd Weeks, or Getting to Know Jesus
The passionate energy of working together. The confusion and sorrow of seeing a friend suffer. Kevin O’Brien shows us that both are essential parts of the following of Christ in the 2nd and 3rd weeks of Exercises.
The Exercises: The 1st Week, or “Mistakes Were Made”
Sin. There’s that word again. And our third excerpt from Kevin O’Brien puts it at center stage. These 1st week meditations take us into the depths of our own sinfulness, but only as it shows up in the light of God’s unending love for us.
Religion’s (Necessary) Imperfection
Tim O’Brien on Marilynne Robinson’s new essay collection — and why religion is inescapably imperfect.
The Exercises: Getting Ready
In this second excerpt, Kevin O’Brien helps us prepare our hearts for the work to come. It’s spiritual freedom, “an interior freedom, a freedom of the mind and heart,” that God calls us to today.
Why Questions
Why is the universe the way it is? Will the human capacity to ask why forever outpace our ability to come up with answers? Xavier’s own Matt Dunch takes a break from his Sweet 16 revelry to explore.
All Together Again
“We’re getting the gang back together!” Perry Petrich points out the personalities that really bring out the madness in March.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
What better way to wish TJP readers a happy Saint Patrick’s Day than a little Irish music from our own Ryan Duns.