People were wrong about who John the Baptist was and sometimes we're wrong about people too. Check out this week's #1MinHomily by Danny Gustafson, SJ. Based on the readings for Sunday, January 13, which you can find here: https://bit.ly/2ESupgx
Finding God in Football: The Ignatian Examen Applied to Sports
As a semi-professional soccer player, Javi Bailén, SJ understood the importance of routine reflection. As a Jesuit, he discovered how the Ignatian spirituality provides perfect tools for athletes and teams to reflect on their performance. In his first for TJP, Javi writes about how the Examen can be adapted for sports teams to find God in their game – and perhaps improve their future play.
Finding God in Newcastle United’s Long-Awaited Trophy
On March 16, Newcastle United F.C. won their first trophy in over half a century. Christopher Brolly, SJ, a Newcastle lad living in Boston, reflects on the significance of his beloved football club’s victory for the city and its people. Brolly writes that the club’s triumph in the Carabao Cup goes deeper than football.
The Jubilee Year: It’s Time to Come Home
In his first piece for The Jesuit Post, Eric Lastres, SJ reflects on the Jubilee Year of Hope and the invitation to renewal it offers.
It’s Going Down, I’m Yelling Timber!
Even if you self-medicate through copious amounts of drugs, sex, and alcohol at some point the music is going to stop.
Catholic Writing Today: Dana Gioia
In the second feature of TJP’s Catholic Writing Series, poet and critic Dana Gioia talks about the challenges that face up-and-coming Catholic writers.
New Year, New Laws
If you think our legislative process is broken, Nate Romano invites you to consider it from another angle.
Papal Economics, or Francis the Communalist
So Pope Francis isn’t really a Marxist, fine. But how can we characterize his economics? And what does it mean for economists?
Worth Watching: Dinosaurs! Apocalypse! Dinopocalypse!
There’s a terrifying new theory that may overturn what we thought we knew about the end of the dinosaurs.
Richard Sherman’s March to Notoriety
Race, showmanship, football… all in a postgame interview!