Mackerel-Snapping

a book crafted, it would seem, utterly and precisely pour moi: The first addicts to...

I am delighted to report that Harrison Lemke is at it again. This indie music...

So there are way more orthodox gay people, seeking to live in obedience to the...

and American religion, by Martyn Jones in the Weekly Standard: Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker...

I stayed up 'til 1:30 this morning to finish Gabriel Blanchard's Victorian vampire novel, Death's...

>In my project of revisiting my past in prayer, I've reached 1998, the year of...

  A book about the special honor accorded virgins, celibates, and others who renounced sex...

So I spoke on Gay Catholic Whatnot at Marquette University last night, as part of...

On Saturday I ended up at a special Mass at which they blessed plaques honoring...

at the University Bookman: Children fell in love with the tales of John Bellairs (1938–1991)...

The metaphors by which the saints and spiritual writers have described celibate life have a...

I edited this anthology of memoir, practical guidance, poetry, family history, and spiritual reflection. Contributions...

[Paul] was concerned to emphasize, rather [than fornication], the continuing validity of all social bonds....

The heart should be all of one piece. No hidden motives should lurk within it....

Okay, I thought I could write a coherent series of posts relating the concerns of...

On Wednesday I went to a discussion at the Catholic Information Center here in DC,...

running my mouth: In 2015, a blog called Spiritual Friendship, which publishes theological and personal reflections...

in which I take in my little review which couldn't find a home. That's why...

This is so cool! You can listen to the interview in English (here, I think?)...

Some notes on Advent & addiction. I've said before that David Carr's Night of the...

is the profile of somebody I didn't know about, or didn't know was Catholic, and...

interview-based, v. small number of people but they said some things you'll want to read:...

I'm just quoting one paragraph but there's so much to consider and be thankful for...

So I commemorated the Fifth of November by attending a reading of Equivocation, Jesuit priest...

A couple notes of Halloweenery for you. First, I did a piece for a Scottish...

is at Commonweal: Donna Deitch always intended Desert Hearts to be not only a lesbian...

I recently watched Writer of O, the 2004 documentary about Pauline Reage/Dominique Aury/Anne Desclos, the...

So I finally read me some of that Karl Barth I've heard so much about....

If you all missed Doxacon this past summer, you can still hear the presentations here....

Some notes on a powerful movie which uses its desultory pacing for impact. Lots of...