Spending three months away is not a usual move for someone recently installed as editor in chief of a magazine and media ministry. Please be assured that I will continue to accompany you in prayer in tertianship.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Sam Sawyer, S.J., is the editor in chief of America Media.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
In the church’s messy disagreements, the Holy Spirit is at work. But what does that mean?
From the very beginning, the church reaches decisions that are complicated, human, messy, often ad hoc—this is what the Holy Spirit protecting and guiding the church looks like.
Posted inCommunity
It’s America magazine’s 114th anniversary. Own your faith today.
America’s multi-platform media ministry ensures that the widest group possible can benefit from journalism that tells the stories of faith in action.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
What ChatGPT reveals about our history—and demands of our present
You need not worry that I will be outsourcing “Of Many Things” columns to our robot overlords in the future.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Wrestling with the Good Friday sacrifice through poetry
A Reflection for Good Friday, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Getting to know God the Father through Jesus
A Reflection for Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Catholicism, authentic communion and the way out of our polarization trap
What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion to public funding for religious schools—seem so exhausting?
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
Ash Wednesday reminds us that grief is necessary—and healing
A Reflection for Ash Wednesday, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
What a ministry for people with disabilities taught me about the problem of evil—and God’s response to it
Mustard Seed Communities began as a response to the needs of abandoned and disabled children in Jamaica, and God is present even in the midst of the suffering faced by people there.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
50 years after Roe v. Wade, let’s remember that mercy is God’s mission
A Reflection for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.