Jim's Books
Media
Steve Jobs and the Saints
A couple of Jesuit editors have noted that the death of Steve Jobs elicited emotion akin to the to the feelings religious believers have for saints. Jim Martin, SJ,...
Education
Does Hooking Up Work?
Rick Malloy, SJ, VP at the University of Scranton, prods students to ask some questions:
Will a man or woman who had multiple sexual partners make a good...
Jesuit History
Things Change in Montmartre
In 1534, Ignatius and his companions went to the church of Sainte Pierre in the village of Montmartre north of Paris, and took vows to work together as a...
Jesuit/Ignatian Ministries
A Year of Picturing God
Our sister blog Picturing God: Faces and Traces of the Divine celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow. The blog has featured images of nature, people, objects, and places, all evoking...
Spiritual Exercises
Stay Away from Motives
Here's some good advice from Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, writing on the the Whosoever Desires blog:
Stay away from motives. If you find yourself attacking somebody's motives, you are almost...
Ignatian Prayer
Prayer Is Like . . .
Rick Malloy, SJ, on what prayer is and is not:
Prayer is not a competition, or a "goal" oriented activity. To pray is to already have "won." Prayer is much...