YOU CAN’T LOSE ‘EM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is for you Yaz…Rico Petrocelli, Tony Conigliaro, Carlton Fisk, Ted Williams, Jim Rice, Freddie Lynn, Dwight Evans, Dennnis Eckersley, Bernie Carbo, Denny Doyle, Rick Burleson, Luis Tiant, The Rocket, The Spaceman, Nomar, Wade Boggs….and yes, you too Bill Buckner! Winning is better than losing. Read more

PASTORS AS THE LYNCHPIN OF THE NEW RENAISSANCE I just sent in my next column for The National Catholic Register. This is the third and concluding part of my three-part “Beauty in the Church” series. I’ll let you know if/when it gets posted on the NCReg site. Till then, here’s a snip: We need to give our seminarians and priests more beauty, because more will be required of them. Particularly in their years of formation, they will need heightened liturgical... Read more

SO YOU WANT TO WORK IN HOLLYWOOD We have a book coming out next year that is a compilation of essays from our Act One faculty members. The working title of the book is “Greetings from the Church in Hollywood.” The idea behind the book is to share the insights and experience of our group of savvy and successful Christians who have been on the front lines in the entertainment biz for years. Our folks have lots of things to... Read more

I BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more

MORE BARB IN NYC The Daughters of St. Paul have kindly offered to have me give a talk at their Manhattan bookcenter next week while I am in the city. Here is the info… MEL’S MOVIE. MTV UPSTARTS. ETERNAL SUNSHINE: REASONS FOR HOPE FROM HOLLYWOOD Featuring Guest Speaker: Barbara R. Nicolosi, Executive Director, Act One, Inc. WHERE: Pauline Books & Media Ctr., 150 E. 52nd St. New York, NY 10022, Phone: 212-754-1110 WHEN: Thursday, October 28, 2004, 1:30pm RSVP to... Read more

SEE BARB IN NEW YORK CITY I have two public events coming up in New York in a couple of weeks. One is more mundane and one is more sublime. Blessed are you if you have a place for both in your storehouse… Please feel free to copy what follows and forward either or both to anyone you know who might be interested. Hope to see some of you there! OCTOBER 27,2004, 7pm “A GOSPEL SPIRITUALITY FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE” Featuring... Read more

GOOD PROBLEMS TO HAVE It’s official! Act One will be moving to new offices in December and January. We have been most kindly housed and nurtured in our first six year by the amazing faith community at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Last year, it became clear that we were growing well-beyond the ability of the church to keep ceding us “just one more office” and just a little bit more administrative support. Everyone kept saying, “These are good problems to have.”... Read more

EMILY MONDAY #1330 Without a smile — Without a Throe A Summer’s soft Assemblies go to their entrancing end. Unknown — for all the times we met — Estranged, however intimate — What a dissembling Friend — Read more

OKAY, NY “AXIS OF EVIL” YANKEES, WE KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE…JUST LET US ENJOY THIS FOR A FEW DAYS… Red Sox Survive Rally, Advance to AL Championship After Losing Five-Run Lead to Angels, Boston Finishes First Sweep Since 1975 By JIMMY GOLEN, AP BOSTON (Oct. 8) — The frat house full of fools will play for a pennant for the second year in a row. David Ortiz’s 10th-inning homer gave the Boston Red Sox an 8-6 victory over the Anaheim... Read more

“EX OPERE AUTHORATO?” Someone posted a great question in the comments of the Joan of Arcadia post below, that I wanted to bring out for broader consideration. The poster (anonymous, otherwise I’d credit you), noted first that Graham Greene lived a degenerate life, and according to the poster, an unrepentant one. My reading of the post is that the charge is Greene was a Clintonian style misogynist. So the poster asks: What I am wondering is more generally, when thinking... Read more