Remember that you are dust…Dust worth dying for!
Real Presence: The Ministry of a Sports Chaplain
As he concludes his regency mission at Loyola High School of Detroit, Eddie Wesonga, SJ, reflects on his ministry as a sports chaplain and the ways it invited him into authentic encounter and a deeper relationship with his students.
Inside Jesuit Life at Bellarmine House of Studies
What is life like for a Jesuit during First Studies? Chris Kinkor, SJ, offers an inside view of life for a Jesuit scholastic at Bellarmine House of Studies at Saint Louis University and reflects on the ways God has been at work in this period of his formation.
A Meditation with a Contemporary Our Lady of Sorrows
Using the aesthetics of pop art, Nick Leeper guides a meditation, asking us to gaze at Our Lady of Sorrows with new eyes.
Truthiness and U.S. History
Is Oklahoma trying to ban AP U.S. History? Danny Gustafson, SJ investigates truth and truthiness.
So Much Closer: Jesus and Rumi, Death Cab and Red Rocks
A concert at Red Rocks leads Brendan Busse, SJ to wonder what would happen if we stopped liking mystics and musicians and started taking their advice.
SNL At 40
Jason Downer SJ once went to SNL, this is his story.
“Step in the Bullpen,” or Incarceration and Dehumanization
Joe Assadourian’s “The Bullpen” is less a “mock trial” than a mockery of a trial. Dan Dixon writes on the drama in our broken court systems.
One Friend to Another: Seeing Goodness
Covered by snow or mistakes or imperfection, goodness just might be underneath the surface. Michael Rossmann unearths a theme from posts in the last month and notes how spending more time trying to see the good around him is just what he needs.
Because Mom: Meeting God Again for the First Time
In his TJP debut, Damian Torres-Botello, SJ remembers receiving a difficult phone call and a compassionate friend one late night on the streets of Chicago.