Music Release: Recollections

Music Release: Recollections

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...
Seeing the Good: “Shaman King” and Human Dignity

Seeing the Good: “Shaman King” and Human Dignity

What is your dream?  What would be the thing that you would strive for no matter what?  We can answer that question in a myriad of ways, and the answer may vary from year to year.  But, I think that deep down we all have something we want more than anything else.  The...
The Unexpected Joy of Cleaning Your Room

The Unexpected Joy of Cleaning Your Room

Well, I am getting ready to travel for the summer. My luggage is open, and shirts are strewn haphazardly across my bed as I pack. I am bouncing off my walls, going to my desk where I gather old academic notes. I see a pile of books, dog-eared and worse for wear. Then,...