Sometimes we feel more comfortable giving gifts rather than receiving them.
Grief, Relationality, and Animals: A Call to Bother to Love
Grief at the death of animals reveals a moral obligation we too often ignore. Daniel Mascarenhas, SJ argues that if we dare to feel this grief, it becomes a call to love them as fellow creatures of God.
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.
New Hampshire 2016: Five Things We Learned
Dan Dixon and Bill McCormick offer five thoughtful take-aways from the primary in New Hampshire. Thanks to them, you’ll be the smartest person at the water cooler on Ash Wednesday…
10 Moments for Lent
We’ve all been there; there’s no sense in being ashamed. Juan Ruiz, SJ on some common moments in Lent.
Spring Today, Gone Tomorrow
They say ‘don’t get your hopes up’ when spring comes early, but Garrett Gundlach, SJ doesn’t care – it’s a great gift, no matter how short it lasts.
Mercy Me
Colten Biro, SJ, has been “Francis-ed.” Again.
Abandoning Football Just in Time for the Super Bowl
Ken Homan explores why it might be time for him to give up America’s favorite sport.
A New Creation
After his niece is baptized, Keith Maczkiewicz, SJ notices changes in the relationships all around him.