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December 2018
December 08, 2018
Is the Best Catholic Horror Movie of 2018… “The Song of Bernadette”?
I ask the hard questions, at America: At first glance, “The Song of Bernadette” seems...
September 2018
September 04, 2018
From Apocalypse to Revelation
Some notes about the Catholic Church. # There's a bit in an early voiceover from...
July 2018
July 31, 2018
Her Mistress’s Hand
Hello! I'm back from Revoice, it was amazing!!!, more on that in a bit. I...
February 2018
February 08, 2018
“The Body & Society” Notes Part… 6 I Think: Blessed Are the Sleazoids
A book about the special honor accorded virgins, celibates, and others who renounced sex...
February 28, 2017
“Corruptible Crown”: I review “King Charles III”
at First Things: The most reactionary thing about King Charles III, the modern Shakespeare pastiche...
December 2016
December 30, 2016
He That Increaseth Sorrow Increaseth Knowledge: Or, Notes on Meritocracy
This is a great piece but I guess the reason the end disappointed me is...
December 24, 2016
“Unexpected Beauty in the Union Station Metro”: Prince of Petworth
posts: Tymara Walker posts on youtube (thanks to all for sending links): “This is the...
September 2016
September 30, 2016
Book Announcement: Staying Catholic When You’ve Been Hurt in the Church
Hello all. I'm very happy to announce that an anthology I'm editing, with the working...
September 30, 2016
Tom Holland: The Tyrannosaur vs. the Crucified
excellent metaphor and accurate insight at the heart of this piece from a scholar of...
January 2016
January 04, 2016
“‘Hamilton’ and the Romance of Government”: My take
for AmCon: I’ve finally heard “Hamilton,” the Broadway hip-hop musical about the first Secretary of...
December 2015
December 09, 2015
Beyond “Die Hard”: Some Christmas Flicks for the Cold and Creepy Child Within
A few years back I started noticing how many bleak, cheerless, or just unexpected films...
November 2015
November 18, 2015
Prepare for Life in Post-Christian America: Play “After Virtue”–The Game!
or, my review of Winners and Losers: “Winners and Losers,” created by Marcus Youssef and...
September 2015
September 09, 2015
Take Me to Church–But Not the Ones that Hurt: Starting a Book Project
Hey y'all. This is all in the very, very first stages, but I'm talking with...
July 2015
July 20, 2015
Wesley Hill on Unchosen Sacrifice
and being gay and Christian: ...Julie and I both know that Christian churches and communities...
July 15, 2015
What We See: Some Thoughts on Julie Rodgers’s Resignation from Wheaton
Earlier this week Julie Rodgers posted a characteristically forthright and gentle explanation of her shift...
June 2015
June 09, 2015
From Sarah Ruhl, “100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write”
There were times when it felt as though my children were annihilating me. Finally I...
May 2015
May 05, 2015
“What does it mean to be Catholic?”: Part three of my conversation with Alicia de los Reyes
at Surprising Faith: Alicia: What do you think it means to be Catholic? Your Catholicism...
January 2015
January 13, 2015
O Wanderer, Come Home: Notes from the Gay Christian Network Conference
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up...
January 06, 2015
Acceptance as the Precondition for Change: Motivational Interviewing and Jesus and Gay Stuff
A second small post in my intermittent series about things people have asked me in...
December 2014
December 22, 2014
Kathy Shaidle’s Poetry, Old and New
So I took part in this year-end books roundup with AmCon, and once again told...
December 19, 2014
“Will Work for Meaning”: I review “Two Days, One Night”
at AmCon: The most tense scene I saw in any movie this year was Marion...
October 2014
October 08, 2014
“Why I Want to Live Long and Burden My Children”: Cheryl Magness
writes: Last week The Atlantic published the article “Why I Hope to Die by 75” by Ezekiel...
September 2014
September 25, 2014
It’s Called AltFem, Not CtrlFem: An Eccentric Report
Yesterday I went to the launch of AltFem, a new magazine from the people who...
August 2014
August 21, 2014
The Anima Christi: A Deleted Chapter from My Great Big Gay Catholic Book
I had to cut a lot from the book, and this chapter was eccentric and...
June 2014
June 20, 2014
“Rebellion vs Conformity in ‘We Are the Best!'”: Me at AmSpec
on a terrific new film. And given my readership, I'll note that Hedwig is one...
June 13, 2014
“God Is Not Big”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
blogs: ...The most astonishing revelation about the Christian God, as opposed to the other Gods, is...
May 2014
May 31, 2014
“Morality as Worship”: Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Why should Christians act morally? Because if they do they will go to Heaven and...
April 2014
April 24, 2014
King of Cups: Rereading Tim Powers’s “Last Call”
Fantasist (and mackerel-snapper, if we're counting) Tim Powers does high-concept tales in which hard-bitten characters...
December 2012
December 06, 2012
Advent post: Today’s readings
You don't have to rely on your own strength. You're relying on God's strength. Trust...
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