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September 18, 2016
Doomed Queen and Beaten Champion: Concert review, Tristen & the Mountain Goats
A few weeks ago I got a chance to see the Mountain Goats in concert....
September 09, 2016
“Escape from Detroit”: I watch “Don’t Breathe”
for AmCon, and end up ranting about the sacred Victim, obviously: Don’t Breathe, the new...
September 06, 2016
“Celibacy, Self-Acceptance, And the Extra Inkling”: I’m at First Things
readin': I’ve just finished Charles Williams's 1937 novel Descent into Hell, which was recommended to...
September 03, 2016
“Divine Disco: The beatific sub-genre that delivered sermons on the dance floor”: The Guardian
grauniading: With its reputation for sex, drugs and unbridled hedonism, disco doesn’t have a reputation...
August 2016
August 25, 2016
By the Light of the Cross: Christian Wiman’s “My Bright Abyss”
What makes Jesus credible--at least for those of us who are Christians? The answers are...
August 23, 2016
Battle Dress: “The Girls of Slender Means”
I just read and loved this stiletto book, which I finally picked up after reading...
August 22, 2016
For There’s Nothing Original in Me/Except Original Sin: A Birthday Book Meme
I really enjoyed Melinda Selmys's list of the twenty books that have shaped her. It's...
August 16, 2016
From Christian Wiman, “My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer”
Abundance and destitution are two facets of the one face of God, and to be...
August 11, 2016
Ask Melinda Selmys Your NFP Questions!
Would you like a practical, philosophical, and psychological look at natural family planning from someone...
August 05, 2016
Unchosen Blessings: Gay Celibacy and Unplanned Pregnancy
Someone who knows I volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center sent me a recent article...
August 03, 2016
Fr. Mother, Or, Is There an Equivalent to the Priesthood for Ladies?
A while ago I wrote this ironically-distanced post about how one might defend the all-male...
July 2016
July 29, 2016
“We Know That We Are Going to Be Killed”: An Interview with an Iraqi Priest
at First Things: Coppage Did you have prayers that you were relying on? Fr. Bazi...
July 25, 2016
A Psychiatrist Who Helps Exorcists, In the “Washington Post”
your joke here! But no, this article from early July is a good basic starting...
July 18, 2016
“Haunting Photos Show Monks Returning to Abbey–500 Years After It Was Destroyed by Henry VIII”
And it's St Aelred's abbey, too: A hauntingly beautiful set of photos, appearing on DailyMail, shows...
July 18, 2016
The Cathedral-Builders: Movie notes
In chronological order of when I saw them. The cathedrals are toward the end. Vic...
July 15, 2016
“Humiliation and Reconciliation”: I’m at AmCon
as usual I seem to have kept the most important stuff for the last three...
July 11, 2016
The Relics of Richard III: An older but provocative post on medieval bones and modern worship
by Eleanor Parker aka A Clerk of Oxford. The rest of this post is quite...
July 11, 2016
Cinema Paradiso? Some Things to Consider Before You Throw that Movie Reference into Your Homily
Steven Greydanus is the movie critic for Crux and the National Catholic Register, and he's...
July 06, 2016
Who Is Doing Good Ministry to Corrections Officers?
Last Saturday was the feast of Sts Processus and Martinian, patrons of wardens, guards, and...
July 01, 2016
What Might Apology and Amends to LGBT People Look Like? I’m at Vox
doin' my thing: On June 26, while flying back from a trip to Armenia, Pope...
June 2016
June 30, 2016
“If the Church Were a Haven”: Wesley Hill
at First Things: Or I think of a story I’ve heard Shane Claiborne recount, in...
June 28, 2016
Nun on the Run: Check out Zach Clark’s great new indie charmer, “Little Sister”
I wrote it up for AmCon: The summary for Zach Clark’s new indie flick Little...
June 24, 2016
“Grieving Together”: Interview with a Latino Pentecostal Minister in Orlando on Reaching Out to His LGBT Neighbors
Christianity Today: For a Latino, Pentecostal megachurch just 10 minutes south of the Orlando nightclub...
June 15, 2016
“Arts & Faith Top 25 Films on Mercy”: Image Journal
listin': These films show us visions of a world so often lacking in mercy, as...
June 14, 2016
Washington, DC: Cathedral Ministry Prays for Orlando–Wednesday and Saturday
Posting this here so I can refer to it easily. This is a message from...
June 07, 2016
Sad Bible Songs: I review Harrison Lemke’s “Fertile Crescent Blues”
at First Things: "Christian pop is unrelentingly cheerful.” That was Leah Libresco's conclusion when she...
June 02, 2016
The Three Theological Virtues And How They Will Help You Cope With Turning Into a Lobster
more riffing on The Lobster from me: Last week I saw The Lobster, an extremely...
May 2016
May 27, 2016
A Short Review of “The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women’s Movement”
Going into this book I knew basically nothing about the beguines--not even how you pronounce...
May 26, 2016
Christina the Astonishing: From Laura Swan, “The Wisdom of the Beguines”
(of which more soon) Once, while visiting the Benedictine nuns at St. Catherine's near Sint-Truiden...
May 20, 2016
Bad Catholics, Anxious Christians
A very small thought about this review of several "young evangelical memoirs." So first, there's...
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