by Brett Helbling | Jun 2, 2021 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
To say that the coffin was in the center of the living room would be incorrect. The coffin was the center of the living room. Squeezed between two small couches and several mourners, it gave the space a crypt-like feeling. The walls seemed too close; the ceiling too...
by Christopher Alt, SJ | May 26, 2021 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
The instagram post read “God, I’m not rushing you for a relationship. I’m just asking for the tracking #”. It made me laugh, picturing God like a package that’s lost en route. Despite feeling estrangement on God’s part, I’m glad the author has a sense of humor about...
by An Hoang Vu, SJ | May 19, 2021 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 3 mins
I’m living in the time of cancel culture. Although the idea of a cancel culture is more associated with contemporary U.S. culture, I believe that it’s the freedom of speech and social media that brought it to the mainstream. Living with the cancel culture, I find it...
by Andrew Milewski, SJ | May 5, 2021 | Blogs, Race, Spirituality ~ Approx. 5 mins
“To be honest,” Yunji told me, “I hardly ever speak English. I don’t have to because at the restaurant all the workers are Korean, and at home I speak Korean with my family.” This is how our Friday morning language exchanges began. Yunji is the aunt of one of the...
by Eric Immel, SJ | Apr 28, 2021 | Blogs, Spirituality ~ Approx. 4 mins
When I was in grade school, I used to love that day at the start of a quarter when my teachers would give us a new seating chart (I didn’t know then that my teachers were actually strategizing the best arrangement for their sanity). There were so many possibilities...
