by Perry Petrich, SJ | Mar 19, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 1 min
Something about the tourney reminds me of a family reunion, a bunch of people who come together once a year to celebrate that one thing that they have in common. All those familiar faces reappear–a year older but just as crazy. And isn’t that what we love?...
by Perry Petrich, SJ | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
It all started yesterday. The Sunday I’d been waiting for. The night we discovered what the future will hold. Selection Sunday. March Madness begins. It might sound ridiculous, but I can’t talk about the tourney without mentioning Holy Week. Every three years or...
by Tim O'Brien, SJ | Feb 23, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
Everyone loves a good confession, right? Here’s mine for today: I hate going to the gym. So much so that I usually go immediately upon waking, preferring to be half asleep and therefore too fogged to realize what I’m doing. My loathing is mostly unspecific, and while...
by Matt Spotts, SJ | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized ~ Approx. 2min
During a recent visit to my hometown, I was intrigued (and more than a little amused) to note the amount of time and energy that my friends and family expended on their like and/or dislike of now infamous Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Of course, these...
by Brendan Busse, SJ | Jan 30, 2012 | Blogs ~ Approx. 1min
Occasionally as a kid I would stay out too late and find myself running home after dark filled with the anxious fear of a child’s overactive imagination. There were dogs in our neighborhood and they would bark and growl and defend their territory from behind the...