GODSTUFF WHITEFOOT: THE PEACE OF WILD THINGS Walking in botanical gardens one recent, perfect, early spring day, a quick burst of movement in the thicket of a yellow Carolina jasmine hedge caught my eye. It was a mouse. A Peromyscus leucopus to be precise — a white-footed mouse with big black eyes — staring back at me. Neither one of us moved for a few moments, but as soon as I gingerly raised my iPhone to take a picture of... Read more
HEAR GG AT DUKE DIV If you’d like to hear my Media Fellows address from yesterday at Duke Divinity School, the savvy Duke folks have posted it online, via iTunes University. Click here to HEAR it. Read more
THE DUDE COMETH … The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Click HERE to check it out! Read more
A rainy afternoon in Durham … I spent part of this afternoon wandering through Duke Gardens. Spectacular, even in the rain. Spring is emerging, bud by bud, leaf by leaf. On my drive over to the gardens, I was listening to Bruce Cockburn’s new, just simply gorgeous new live album, Slice O Life. I highly recommend it. If you’re a Bruce fan, drop what you’re doing and go buy it. If you’re not a Bruce fan, you should be. And... Read more
Less than a month from today, a little boy from Malawi with a hole in his heart will step off a plane at O’Hare to have life-altering surgery. It’s the journey of his lifetime. A journey you, the kind readers of the Chicago Sun-Times and The Dude Abides, made possible. Vasco Sylvester, the 10-year-old AIDS orphan I met in Blantyre, Malawi, in 2007, is set to arrive in Chicago on April 25 to undergo surgery to repair a heart defect... Read more
GODSTUFF VASCO’S COMING! PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW Less than a month from today, a little boy from Malawi with a hole in his heart will step off a plane at O’Hare to have life-altering surgery. It’s the journey of his lifetime. A journey you, the kind readers of the Chicago Sun-Times and The Dude Abides, made possible. Vasco Sylvester, the 10-year-old AIDS orphan I met in Blantyre, Malawi, in 2007, is set to arrive in Chicago on... Read more
for my little blackbird in malawi, waiting for his moment to arise. thank you for continuing to pray for vasco. he’s had a rough few days healthwise, but is under a doctor’s care and resting and breathing. his heart continues to beat. his spirit continues to soar. we hope to have good news about his travel to chicago for heart surgery the beginning of next week. please hold our little dear one up to his creator in prayer. chisomo,GG Read more
‘Take these broken wings and learn to fly.’ for my little blackbird in malawi, waiting for his moment to arise. thank you for continuing to pray for vasco. he’s had a rough few days healthwise, but is under a doctor’s care and resting and breathing. his heart continues to beat. his spirit continues to soar. we hope to have good news about his travel to chicago for heart surgery the beginning of next week. please hold our little dear one... Read more
A word about GG’s newspaper column Hi folks. Thanks for reading and for continuing to visit this space. Beginning next week, my column in the Sun-Times will return to running only once a week — the victim of the economic and accompanying space woes that are wrecking havoc on the newspaper industry. There is no column today in the Sun-Times because we are awaiting some outstanding news about Vasco and wanted to hold off until early next week to fill you... Read more
GODSTUFF CHEERS AND HAMANTASHEN: HAPPY PURIM! (A scene from “Home for Purim” from the mockumentary, “For Your Consideration.”) When is it appropriate — and even encouraged, both socially and spiritually — to show up at your house of worship in full costume, make all kinds of racket, and even get really snockered? Well, if you’re a Christian, Muslim or Buddhist, the answer is never. But if you’re Jewish, it’s Purim! Even though I’m not Jewish myself, Purim, which began last... Read more
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