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Freestyle Rapping in the Image and Likeness of God

Freestyle Rapping in the Image and Likeness of God

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....
Sea Shanties, Psalms, and the Vicissitudes of Life

Sea Shanties, Psalms, and the Vicissitudes of Life

by Jason McCreery, SJ | Jan 28, 2021 | Music, Pop Culture, Social Media    ~ Approx. 4 mins

Recently, sea shanties came into a new virality with the song “Wellerman” (though the song itself is 150 years old). Utilizing a TikTok feature where one video can play next to another, a few people started harmonizing the song together (see below). Then more people...
Fantasy Literature, Imagination, and Christian Life

Fantasy Literature, Imagination, and Christian Life

by Brent Gordon, SJ | Jan 26, 2021 | Fantasy Fiction & Faith, Pop Culture, Series    ~ Approx. 6 mins

I have encountered many well-meaning and Christian people expressing a distrust of fantasy literature. What is particularly striking is that this distrust can come from many different directions and from seemingly opposing “camps” which would be surprised to find...
From “I Love You” to “I Love You”: Learning to Love My Vocation

From “I Love You” to “I Love You”: Learning to Love My Vocation

by Chris Williams, SJ | Nov 25, 2020 | Blogs, Prayers, Religious Life, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 2min

From “I Love You” to “I Love You” “I love you” Comes to birth, subterranean, Underneath hardened layers of earth. Moving tectonic plates patiently Occasionally erupting spectacularly Other times shifting ever so slightly, building tension, Until a massive break Sends...
Sometimes Social Media Becomes My Escape From the Daily Labors of Hard Work: A Poem

Sometimes Social Media Becomes My Escape From the Daily Labors of Hard Work: A Poem

by Chris Williams, SJ | Oct 7, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 1min

Social Media Mirage On the screen Masses of images Saturating and staining Are seen. Pleasure and pain. Emotion A potion. Moments crystallized Mindlessly molding My mind, Morphing my imagination To desire To imitate: What I can only see now But don’t have. Through...
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