“Joy to the world, the Lord has come!” What? Too soon?
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.
Iowa 2016: Five Things We Learned
TJP’s resident political analyst Bill McCormick, SJ gives us five lessons we learned from the 2016 Iowa Caucus.
The Iowa Caucus: Just What We Need
The Iowa Caucus might seem a little ridiculous, but Michael Rossmann explains how it might be just what we need.
Sharing Our Stories
Sean Barry, SJ reflects on the experience of sharing his story
Prison Reform: Not Just for Prisoners
Chris Schroeder, SJ asks, What do our prisons say about us, who claim to be a people of redemption? The answer may surprise you.
Sudden Sadness and the World Around Me
Sadness comes, but Eric Immel, SJ remembers that this, too, can be redeemed.
Worth Reading: What “the Other” Can Say
What can love of “the other” look like? Paddy Gilger, SJ looks at a powerful speech by a practitioner of Christian-Muslim dialogue.