Why did I choose ministry over sports media? For the love of the person, the whole person.
Nick Genovese
Nick Genovese was an O'Hare Fellow at America. He teaches and ministers at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbuy, MA
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Not Like Mike: the Chicago Bull who became a social justice activist
Hodges expresses his disappointment at his teammates for what he saw as their lack of political consciousness.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Lonely City: How I learned to be with myself in New York
I will trade “a city that never sleeps” for a city where people sleep soundly knowing that they are not alone.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Being a man in Trump’s America: Why I attended the Women’s March on Washington
My dad’s golden rule demonstrates that we should go out of our way to lift up the dignity of women.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Trump divided my family. Viceland helped bring us back together.
The greatest gift parents can offer their children is the space to allow them to become fully themselves.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Rooting for the underdog is easy. God asks us to do more.
Accompaniment, unlike charity, can’t be done from a distance.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
My family disagrees about Donald Trump—but that won’t divide us.
By the time I talked to my parents about the election of Donald J. Trump, thousands of strangers had already read what I wanted to say.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
The difference between ‘thank you’ and gratitude
Too often, “thanks” is just an automatic reply.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
“I can’t call my parents after Trump’s win. At least not yet.”
Somehow, I feel like my parents no longer understand me, and I no longer understand them.
Posted inIn All Things
J. Cole and the search for holiness in hip-hop
I don’t look up to St. Augustine as much as I look up to J. Cole.