A friend once told me: “Expectations are resentments under construction.”
KPop Demon Hunters Is an Ignatian Fever Dream—and That’s a Good Thing
What does an animated musical about a Kpop group have to teach us about Ignatius’s rules for the discernment of spirits? Andrew Milewski, SJ, uses “KPop Demon Hunters” to help us understand how the spiritual world operates on the human heart.
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.
Inaccurate Answers to Your Unanswered Force Awakens Questions
Now that you’ve seen the new Star Wars, Chris Schroeder answers all of your Force Awakens questions. Well, he gives answers. They may not be entirely accurate. At least they’re entertaining!
Almost Home
In the last part of the Advent-ure series, Garrett Gundlach, SJ realizes that it’s hard to match the nostalgia of childhood Christmas.
The Waiting Game: Free Agency and Advent
Jason Heyward’s defection from St. Louis to Chicago reminds Dan Everson, SJ, that he ought to hope in something deeper than baseball.
Great Holiday Baking Show, Pt. III — Revenge of the Pastry
In Part 3 of his expose on the Great Holiday Baking Show, Jason Downer SJ investigates holiday lessons about time management.
8 Ways Jesuits & Jedi Are Alike, and 3 Ways They’re Not
It’s finally here! The long awaited premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens! While the entire TJP staff headed out to wait in long lines at the theater because we forgot to buy advance tickets (hey - this was finals week and we’re almost all grad students!), it did...
Star [Wars] of Wonder!
In his debut piece, Joe Kraemer, SJ is getting super excited for what is about to come…and it might not be what you’d expect.