All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.
Joe Hoover, S.J.
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, “The Allegory.”
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Jesus backs up his words with his deeds
A Reflection for Saturday of the First Week of Advent, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
In ‘Doppelganger,’ Naomi Klein investigates her twin and uncovers a shadow world
Naomi Klein’s new book serves as a kind of sociopolitical post-mortem of the Covid era, in which our social divisions and paranoias only grew more strident. It is also tragically timely.
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A (Midwestern) discussion about Advent traditions
Let’s talk about Advent Traditions.
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Declutter everything but Christ
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
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Surrender, Martha
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
U.S. Open tennis champ Coco Gauff and the witness of prayer
When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
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St. Paul, the metaphysical track coach
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
In ‘The Secrets of Hillsong’ documentary, a megachurch pastor is saved—not destroyed—by scandal
Carl Lentz ultimately was not disgraced by his deceptions, sexual affairs and banishment from the pulpit of the megawatt Pentecostal church: He was re-graced.
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God or grift? Positivity or prosperity? I finally get what Joel Osteen is selling.
The popular evangelical minister insists God will bless your life with abundance if you let him. Is that true?