What good is a match if you don’t light it?
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.
We Used to Be Grateful
For some it’s nutmeg and cinnamon. For others it’s cigarettes and snow. Brendan Busse, SJ reflects on memories of half-smoked cigarettes and our need of a generous thanksgiving.
It’s Happening Here. It’s Happening Right Now.
Nearly two months ago, 43 Mexican students went missing. Marcos Gonzales, SJ looks at why it matters to us in the U.S.
5 Tips for Riding Public Transit
Our own Alex Placke, SJ, asks how we can engage with life in between our destinations.
Eat, Pray, Netflix — Comet Landing
Our own Jason Downer SJ reflects on the Rosetta Mission, Comets, and Space Movies
Ite Inflammate Omnia: Fuel for the Fire
Announcing TJP’s first-ever print edition, being launched at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.
Public Humility, or Talking with One Another Again
How do we talk about justice when we don’t even really share the words?