by David Inczauskis, SJ | Jun 18, 2020 | Pop Culture, Social Media ~ Approx. 4 mins
You shall not click “Tweet” until you pray to the Lord your God. We know it when we see it. We see others do it. We do it ourselves. Sometimes, we do not invite God into the tweet production process, and it shows. We tweet in vain. If God is not the writer of the...
by Jason McCreery | Jun 5, 2020 | Current Events, In the News, Justice, Race, Topics ~ Approx. 7 mins
The is an old Roman adage: si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. And this does seem to be an adage that Trump is following, as protests only seem to be getting worse this week. He has threatened to “deploy the United States military and...
by Josef Rodriguez, SJ | May 22, 2020 | Catholic Writing, Current Events, In the News, Pop Culture, Social Media ~ Approx. 4 mins
On May 8, the New York Times published an op-ed titled “Christianity Gets Weird,” which presents an ecumenical religio-political movement that is becoming prevalent among millennial Christians. The movement has apparently taken on the name “Weird Christians.” They...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | May 15, 2020 | Faith & Family, Series, Signs of Easter ~ Approx. 4 mins
This continues to be one of the most extraordinary Easter seasons of my entire life. You see, I’m a Jesuit in formation, but I’ve spent the past two months at my parents’ house. Instead of going through the stay-at-home trials and tribulations with my Jesuit community...
by Matt Briand SJ | May 11, 2020 | Faith & Politics, In the News ~ Approx. 4 mins
Our country has been straining under the pressure of stay-at-home orders. When told to wear masks, people have responded with vitriol in forms such as spit, snot, profanity, and most tragically, murder. In a more organized and public form, people have expressed their...