Palm Sunday: Can we make a return of love?
By Gretchen Crowder Twenty years later, I can still hear the crack as his knees struck the gym floor. In a high school gym in the spring of 2004, I was lying covertly behind some makeshift dividers with one hand lying close to the play button and the other hand clutching the volume dial of […]
Follow Jesus into the Desert
By Fr. Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time […]
The First Sunday of Lent: Are we really free?
By Gretchen Crowder A couple weeks ago, I was introducing my senior students to Henri Nouwen by showing them a video of one of his sermons. I warned them before we began: “Just so you know, in the 90s, we really liked ferns. I think it’s what we called “creating an atmosphere” back then.” When […]
Leaning into Our Belovedness: A Reflection for Lent
By Gretchen Crowder I really feel for kids everywhere this year. I remember what a big deal Valentine’s Day was when I was a child — it always meant coming home with a big pile of candy and an even bigger smile on my face. I also remember what Lent felt like as a kid, […]
Filling Jars with Water: The Office of Ignatian Spirituality
By Patty Feder If you have ever driven a California coastal highway through dense fog, you understand what an adventure that can be. Intensely aware that you are surrounded by majestic beauty, all you can really see is the road immediately before you, occasional “curves” signs, and glorious redwoods standing at reverent attention. A welcome […]
To Live in the House of the Lord: Fr. Joe Tetlow, SJ, Reflects on his Vocation after 75 Years
By Fr. Joseph Tetlow, SJ In my 92nd year, vocation looks different. I think now not “I,” but “we.” That’s not the “royal we” used by kings and popes. What I mean is that the vocation I’ve lived was never merely “mine” but always “ours.” It is a sign that Christ’s prayer – that they […]