Recovering the Magic in Onward Sam Keyes May 14, 2020 Commentary, Movies, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church By Sam Keyes Pixar’s new Onward, made available early on Disney Plus thanks to the pandemic, is a wonderful movie. Of course I was going to say that. It is the gentle apotheosis of so much fantasy nerd cultu... Read More...
Papal Preaching and the Pandemic Neil Dhingra May 13, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church This post continues a series of essays on preaching from the perspective of lay people. Previous entries may be found here. By Neil Dhingra Perhaps the most haunting photographs from this “Time of the Vir... Read More...
No Other Story: Preaching as Catechesis Caleb Congrove April 28, 2020 Commentary, Lay Voices on Preaching, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church This is the first in a series of essays on preaching written by lay people. By Caleb Congrove About five years ago, I wrote a little essay about preaching. That piece weighed in on a conversation that had... Read More...
The Annunciation and the “Impossible” Jonathan Mitchican March 25, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Roman Catholic Church By Jonathan Mitchican The angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her a series of impossible-seeming things. The first and most obvious is the thing we’re celebrating today. He announced to Mary that she would c... Read More...
The host-life and the virus Sam Keyes March 23, 2020 Liturgy, Ministry, Roman Catholic Church Like much of the world right now, the Church faces a kind of humiliation in the face of the current crisis.
Being a Potato Bug Sam Keyes March 10, 2020 Commentary, Contributors, Reviews & Culture, Roman Catholic Church, TV Watching Mister Rogers with my children is a constant reminder of how impoverished our culture can be when it comes to childhood.
“A Terrible Light” Neil Dhingra February 2, 2020 Bible, Commentary, Good Book Club, Roman Catholic Church Being reborn is not easy. It is Lazarus being called to life by a “terrible light.”
A Love Note to Anglicanism Guest Contributor January 20, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, Roman Catholic Church Though I find myself today a Byzantine rite priest in communion with Rome, it was in the Anglicanism of my youth that I was formed in many important and providential ways.
