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February 10, 2019
Down the Wrong Road, Both Ways
Toward the end of 2017, I think, I started doing something which I eventually called...
October 2018
October 26, 2018
From “The Leopard” to “Sword of Honour”: An essay in descents
[my apologies, I've removed this post as I work on it for publication]
October 20, 2018
Three Fictional Retellings of Violent Christian History
Two of them are good. One of them is not good! ...Plus bonus Pope Emeritus...
August 2018
August 01, 2018
Reckless Love: Notes on Revoice ’18
# I asked a lot of people what had been the highlight of the conference...
May 2018
May 09, 2018
“Medieval Rites and Contemporary Dying”: Church Life Journal
is playing my song: The immediate response to death in many medieval communities was song....
April 2018
April 24, 2018
Playthings of Providence: I read “Morality Play”
Barry Unsworth's 1995 novel has a terrific hook: Sometime in England's fourteenth century, a demoralized,...
April 11, 2018
Catholic People’s Histories, Gay People’s Futures
So there are way more orthodox gay people, seeking to live in obedience to the...
December 2017
December 13, 2017
Sisters and Survivors: Yaa Gyasi, “Homegoing”
Yaa Gyasi's debut novel, Homegoing, is the uneven execution of a brilliant and haunting premise....
July 2017
July 12, 2017
So Far from God, So Close to “Miami Vice”
So for reasons best known to my confessor, I decided to watch the premiere of...
July 05, 2017
“The Fading Shadow of the Habsburgs”: Peter Berger
with a lovely tribute. From 2011, but I just found it via people reminiscing about...
March 2017
March 15, 2017
“Piety and Hunger”: Nice intro essay on “Kristin Lavransdatter”
why not start your journey w/Kristin during Lent? Undset was an obsessive researcher, and her...
March 06, 2017
“To Fast Again”: Eamon Duffy
says a lot of important things: The ritual observance of dietary rules—fasting and abstinence from...
February 2017
February 02, 2017
“The Queen of Bliss and of Beauty”: A Candlemas Carol
I'm telling you, ClerkOfOxford is twitter mvp. Follow her! February 2 is Candlemas, the Feast...
December 2016
December 19, 2016
“To Paradise, By Way of Kensal Green”: I review “The English Way”
for the University Bookman. Papist polemics, monks with painted eyelids, "apostolic viragoes" and more! You...
September 2016
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...
July 2016
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 15, 2016
“Humiliation and Reconciliation”: I’m at AmCon
as usual I seem to have kept the most important stuff for the last three...
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 20, 2016
“Famous Monsters of Filmland”: I review Tim Powers’s new novel
for AmCon: The novels of dark fantasist Tim Powers often flow out of weird, grim...
May 04, 2016
“Christian Love and Kinship Outside Marriage: Thoughts from a Gay Catholic”
My talk at Calvin College is available at Livestream and YouTube (below): I thought this...
February 2016
February 29, 2016
“Book Recommendation: Poor Relief in England 1350 – 1600”: The Dorothy Option
relevance! ...McIntosh also takes care to outline the change in attitude toward the poor as...
February 25, 2016
The Toast Presents: “The Desert Fathers”
pretty great: ANTHONY THE GREAT: spiritually I don’t even want to talk about any food...
December 2015
December 06, 2015
Medieval English Songs for St Nicholas
St Nicholas was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages, and with all the...
August 2015
August 29, 2015
“The Wisdom of the Beguines”: Commonweal Book Review on Medieval Laywomen Mystics
with tons of fascinating stuff: In the twelfth century, single women began moving in large...
July 2015
July 12, 2015
“Let’s Talk About Monks, Baby”: More of My Dialogue w/Justin Lee on Relationships for Gay Christians
at Respectful Conversations: I loved a lot of things about Justin's first contribution to this...
April 2015
April 14, 2015
“Choose to Stay” (Or, Virtute the Cat Contemplates Her City)
One reason I love the Weakerthans is that their songs are set in their hometown....
April 14, 2015
“Metaphors of Brotherhood and Sisterhood”: I’m at Spiritual Friendship
with a short post: This is just a quick post to note that we don’t...
January 2015
January 16, 2015
“Zoning Boards Go Nuclear on Too-Traditional Families”: Me at AltFem
from the Gospels to the Golden Girls: The people in 68 Scarborough St., in Hartford,...
January 14, 2015
From Andrew Cherlin, “Labor’s Love Lost: The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America”
In 1957 a national sample of Americans was asked what they would think of a...
November 2014
November 07, 2014
“10 Sexy Vintage Halloween Costumes”: I Can’t Believe
I have another opportunity to use my "eye-boobs" tag. see the calamities! (via Libresco)
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