Let’s face it: we often like things to be in our control.
Unstoppable Grace: Sacraments and Sinful Ministers
Reflecting on his current studies in theology, Josh reflects on how a hundreds-year-old debate on the sacraments touched his own life and brought him healing.
Atomic Pilgrim: A Book Review
In his forthcoming memoir Atomic Pilgrim, James Patrick Thomas recounts his cross-continental pilgrimage from Washington State to the Holy Land and his later activism back home. Writing for The Jesuit Post, Luke Lapean, SJ reflects on how the memoir provocatively asks whether true success in the struggle for change lies in measurable outcomes or in the quiet, interior transformation of the one who walks the road.
Our Political Idols: Why We Mislabel the Popes (and Ourselves)
Media narratives try to force Pope Leo XIV into political boxes that no pope can check. Alex Hale, SJ warns that politics now replaces religion in shaping American identity and calls Catholics to rise above division in pursuit of unity.
TJP Reads: Spare Parts
Our own Jason Downer, SJ, wants to talk to you about robots, highschoolers, and the American Dream.
7 Practices the Catholic Church Can Learn from Ikea
We’re interested in souls, not sales, but Michael Rossmann, SJ writes that the Catholic Church could still learn from a company like Ikea.
Yes, I Belong Here: Dan Berrigan, SJ
Luke Hansen shares his encouraging personal letter from peace activist Dan Berrigan, SJ.
Cultivating Mean
Damian Torres-Botello SJ looks at how experiences in his past robbed some of his future.
More Joy – Washing Dishes and Witnessing Resurrection
The Easter season continues and Brendan Busse, SJ finds new life in the same old places.
Loving to Hate: Reflections on Anger in Public Discourse
Bill McCormick, SJ considers what anger in politics does to us, and what anger keeps us from doing in our desires for justice.