Voices

Joe Hoover, S.J., is America’s poetry editor and producer of a new film, "The Allegory".
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week of Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week of Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Arts & CultureShort Take
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.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Peter Claver, Priest, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Arts & CultureTelevision
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.
FaithFaith in Focus
The popular evangelical minister insists God will bless your life with abundance if you let him. Is that true?
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Joe Hoover, S.J.
Arts & CulturePoetry
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.
FaithFaith in Focus
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.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Joe Hoover, S.J.