Are you rejoicing yet? Brian Kemper, SJ, reflects on how Gaudete Sunday is a call to live with joyful expectation for the Lord’s coming. Based on the readings for the Third Sunday of Advent.
A Spirituality of Baseball
Celebrate the start to a new season by enjoying some spiritual insights inspired by God’s favorite sport!
Returning to God in a Home Depot Parking Lot
What does it mean to return to God with your whole heart? In his first reflection for TJP, Will Hayes, SJ recounts an Ash Wednesday service among migrant day laborers that reveals how God’s invitations often meet us in the most ordinary places.
AI for the Greater Glory of God
Can God work through the power of AI? Chris Kinkor, SJ, reflects on how AI has helped and impacted his ministry and mission, and considers the ways that the well-discerned use of AI can point to the Greater Glory of God.
Can Lebanon Wake from Its Nightmare?
Lebanon continues to struggle through a crisis of leadership that has devastated multiple sectors of life. Amidst it all, the Lebanese people have shown great resilience.
Jesuit Superior General’s New Book Helps Us Ask, “Where is God?”
Fr. Arturo Sosa’s new book is concerned more with the kind of conversion that leads us to new questions than to firm answers.
Marvel’s “Loki” and the Quest for Glorious Purpose
How do we respond when we don’t measure up to our own ideals or those placed on us by others? Tucker Redding, SJ, reflects on the latest Marvel TV series, Loki, and how we can find our own sense of glorious purpose.
Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus: Friends of Jesus | One-Minute Saints
Today we celebrate the Feast of Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. These siblings displayed close relationships with Jesus in the gospels and each of them can teach us something different about our faith.
Joe Rogan vs the New York Times
Corporate media’s traditional forms of distributing information are not keeping up with means and content that the next generation of media consumers are seeking, especially long-form interviews that podcasts make use of. The New York Times commentary on the phenomenon of Joe Rogan’s podcast success, published July 4th, 2021, takes a defensive position and admits a self-realization that their traditional form and control over information is not a model that is drawing new consumers.
How a video game is helping me re-examine mental health issues
The first time you play a game like Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, you think it’ll be superficial and light. Then stranger and horrible things begin happening throughout gameplay. In the end, what lingers is how well and realistically Doki Doki depicts the mental health of its characters.