Sam Sawyer

3 days ago | databricks.com | Sam Sawyer

The biggest event of the year in data and AI is upon us! As Industry Marketing Leader for Retail and Consumer Goods at Databricks, I couldn’t be more excited for Data and AI Summit, taking place in San Francisco, June 9-12, 2025. More than 20,000 data and AI leaders will descend on Moscone Center to take part in 700+ sessions, keynotes and training at the world’s largest data, analytics and AI conference.

2 weeks ago | americamagazine.org | Sam Sawyer

Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsA Reflection for Friday of the Fifth Week of EasterFind today’s readings here. “This I command you: Love one another.” What could be simpler? It can seem like “Love one another” should be something to which everyone can give agreement, a point of consensus that can settle disputes and resolve differences over doctrine or interpretation. I sometimes think of this—borrowing from the Beatles—as the “all we need is love” approach.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Sawyer

As a Jesuit, I felt sure 12 years ago that there was no real chance the cardinals would elect a Jesuit pope. As an American, I felt sure six days ago that there was no real chance they would elect someone from the United States. Today, I am overjoyed at having a terrible track record for predicting the outcome of papal conclaves.

4 weeks ago | americamagazine.org | Sam Sawyer

Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsDr. Juanita Mora, Sam Sawyer, S.J., Colleen Dulle, Ashley McKinless, Kevin Christopher Robles, Zac Davis and the owner of the Vatican Emporium shop gather around the flag of the city of Chicago.

1 month ago | americamagazine.org | Sam Sawyer

Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsSt Peter's Basilica is seen in the background as a cardinal arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Rome feels very different only two days after the funeral of Pope Francis.