Eric's Books
Reflections
Act Against the Creative Censor
We are made in the image and likeness of our God who creates. It doesn’t matter if we don’t make our living writing, painting, or acting; we are inherently...
Reflections
Celebrating Star Wars Day
I didn’t grow up celebrating Star Wars Day—mostly because it didn’t exist as an organized holiday until I was an adult. May the 4th was just the fourth day...
Poetry
When the Poem Comes to Life
In the woods of central Maryland there sits an unassuming chair. It’s big, thick, and old. It’s set in its place, with wooden legs sinking into mud and grass...
Reflections
Lent Propels Us to Easter
Easter is still a few weeks away. We find ourselves muddling through the doldrums of Lent. But I want to make a bold claim: Now is the time to...
Reflections
At the Edge of the Desert
The high point of our tour through Morocco was always meant to be the camel ride in the desert.
The trip was designed that way; it was a big, country-wide...
Jesuit Saints
A Jesuit Saint for the New Year: Joseph Pignatelli, SJ
The start of a new year is inevitably a moment of transition.
And transitions can be challenging. Excitement for the new collides with nostalgia for what’s already gone. Possibility and...