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Joe Hoover, S.J.
Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, “The Allegory.”
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Declutter everything but Christ
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
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.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
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?
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How to respond to trick questions
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Building a world and inviting us in: the 2023 Foley poetry contest
I am grateful for all the poets who submitted their work for the contest. Every year we get poems from all over the United States, and even across the world, about any number of topics.
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My Corona Diary, by Thomas Carthusia
Writing this marginally insane diary was a reminder to me that, no matter what disasters strike us, and no matter what destruction they wreak, we can at least find ways to diminish their soul-destroying power. We can at least laugh.