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 Jake Braithwaite, SJ | Sep 16, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m a list guy. Most evenings before I go to bed, or mornings while I have my coffee, I write out the tasks of the day: “pray, go to class, exercise, read, write a thank you note, send a birthday card.” Sometimes the items get more esoteric: “call T-Mobile about their...
by Jason McCreery | Sep 11, 2020 | Film, Pop Culture, TV ~ Approx. 4 mins
This article contains minor spoilers for the TV series, The Boys. What do you get when you add superheroes to American life as we know it today? Creator and show-runner of The Boys, Eric Kripke, answers with a mixture of the charisma of movie stars, the lethality of...
by Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ | Sep 9, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality, Videos ~ Approx. 1min
“I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.” (Evel Knievel) The primary somatosensory cortex and the brainstem nuclei are important regions in our brain that help us generate feelings and emotions. The brain’s complexity...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Sep 2, 2020 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
Two days ago, my phone started blaring at around 4:45 AM; at 5:15 AM, I finally acknowledged it, halting dreams filled with a strange monster screeching out the alarm in my subconscious. I hadn’t woken up that early in nearly six months. Groggy, I told myself that I...