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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...
Wrestling with questions of vocation? Watch the movie “Soul”

Wrestling with questions of vocation? Watch the movie “Soul”

by Tim Breen, SJ | Jan 21, 2021 | Film, Pop Culture, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 5 mins

Warning: This article contains spoilers *** “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver  This question echoed through my head as I watched Soul, Pixar’s latest film, which brings a little something for everyone:...
Review: “The Promised Neverland” and the Importance of Friendship

Review: “The Promised Neverland” and the Importance of Friendship

by Sean Barry, SJ | Jan 12, 2021 | Art, Pop Culture, Video Games    ~ Approx. 4 mins

Warning: Spoilers to follow for “The Promised Neverland” Sometimes the world doesn’t operate how we might think.  In the first season of The Promised Neverland, Emma, Norman, and Ray discovered that the orphanage where they lived was not as warm and loving...
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