“In the Living Waters” speaks directly to anyone who finds themselves suffering, ashamed or alone, and it describes a God waiting to welcome them.
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Catholic Church needs L.G.B.T. saints
When L.G.B.T. people look at the communion of the saints, we should be able to see someone who looks like us.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
We have to talk about Hollywood’s gun problem
I dare say having Tom Cruise walk across the big screen toting a gun is more effective at selling firearms than a flurry of Republican ads.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: The ‘Downton Abbey’ characters already got happy endings. So why do they need a new film?
The danger with returning to characters who have struggled to find their way and earned their success is that if you don’t have a new story worthy of them, you risk undermining all that they have achieved.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
NBA legend Dwyane Wade tells Jesuit college grads: Solitude and self-awareness are the keys to success.
Rather than talk to the graduates of Marquette University about his many achievements, Dwyane Wade spoke about two important moments of failure in his life.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I found a church in Times Square. And if God can make it there, God can make it anywhere.
For people who live in New York City, Times Square is a nightmare place, a hellish whirlpool of bodies, noise and capitalism. But this weekend I discovered something new and not awful there.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
After the new ‘Dr. Strange’ movie, it’s time for an intervention with the Marvel Cinematic Universe
In “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Marvel took all the toys that they know the fans want and then smashed them in front of us.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Graduating from college? Some advice from 4 recent grads (and one not so recent)
So it’s time for you to graduate. Four young America editors and one Star Wars nerd have some advice for you.
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A spiritual exercise for a time of division and upheaval
I don’t know about you, but I find when things around me are getting crazy, it becomes difficult to connect to any deeper sense of self or God.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
The new ‘Star Trek’ has moments better than my best homilies
While “Star Trek” has presented itself as a show about exploring strange new worlds, at its heart it has always been about elevating those whom society has ignored.