by Aric Serrano, SJ | Sep 13, 2021 | Art, Music, Pop Culture, Prayers ~ Approx. 1 min
Yesterday, Aric Serrano, SJ, released a new collection of music, Recollections. Today, he offers us those tracks along with his motivation for writing. The forced solitude of the pandemic led me to write music as a way of processing my experience. I wanted to write...
by Mike Martinez, SJ | Mar 12, 2021 | Justice, Music, Pop Culture, Prayers, Spirituality, The Jesuits, Topics ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I was a Jesuit novice, I once eagerly asked one of our Province’s most socially committed Jesuits what the most “radical” thing I can do today as a Jesuit? His response wasn’t what I expected: “Pray!” he said. I think he meant something other than praying more...
by Ian Peoples, SJ | Feb 26, 2021 | Music, Pop Culture, Social Media ~ Approx. 4 mins
What would you do if someone asked you to create a song about someone they loved who’d recently died? I’m talking on the spot. Don’t put it on paper. Just start speaking words with the hope that you could say something meaningful–something that touched the heart....
by Joe Lorenz, SJ | Sep 17, 2020 | Art, Music, Pop Culture, Topics ~ Approx. 3 mins
Because COVID hit in March, Lianne La Havas’s self-titled album sounds like a spring that never came. The English singer released the album in July, only her second studio effort in the last five years. La Havas peaked at 21 on the Billboard charts, but only stayed a...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Jul 28, 2020 | Music, Pop Culture ~ Approx. 5 mins
I’ve been feeling, shall we say, wistful, lately. It’s 10:30 PM, and I just opened a beer. I’m thinking about everything. The everything of today, with its pandemic, its confrontation with racism, its lack of leadership, certainty, and direction. The everything of the...
