After being tremendously excited by the first two episodes, right now I have to admit, I suddenly have a bad feeling about this.
Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott writes about pop culture at jimmcdermott.substack.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
3 prayer tips that will improve your life—whether you’re a person of faith or not
Each of these practices can be done in two to five minutes and require no religious background. And I promise that over time, they really can improve your life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Netflix’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ shows us how not to make a climate change movie
In the end, what undermines “Don’t Look Up” is exactly what it condemns: a lack of humanity.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Interview: Sister Jeannine Gramick on being censured by the Vatican, 50 years of ministry and her hopes for LGBT Catholics
“My hope for L.G.B.T. Catholics is that they all feel welcome and comfortable in any parish in the world,” Sister Gramick says. “That they might feel just as much a part of the church as anyone else.”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis praises Sister Jeannine Gramick’s 50 years of L.G.B.T. ministry in handwritten letter
In a handwritten letter, Pope Francis congratulated Sister Gramick on “50 years of closeness, of compassion and of tenderness” in a ministry that he described as being in “the style of God.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Elmo’s viral fight with a pet rock is the Jan. 6 story we didn’t know we needed
We don’t expect to see a Muppet so completely lose it. But today of all days, Elmo reminds us that it is totally appropriate to call out what is only pretend and say, “No, that’s not right.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ ‘Assassins’ & ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ — the three ghosts of the 2021 Christmas season
Seeing these shows, I was reminded of Dickens’s famous ghosts, warning us about where we have been, where we are and where, if we’re not careful, we may be headed.
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Christmas 2021 was a dumpster fire. Can we still find beauty in it?
Worst. Christmas. Ever.
Posted inFaith, Music
The Case for Listening to Christmas Carols After December 25
Christmas is a season of blessing. So do not put away the carols (or the lights) until you have to.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
‘Silent Night’: a song invoked in both World Wars and sung to a dying president
“Silent Night” is a song that seems to inspire the imagination in so many ways.