A Reflection for Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson
Kevin Jackson is the studio production operator and a former O’Hare fellow at America.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
The message of Spy Wednesday: Love is never a transaction.
A Reflection for Wednesday of Holy Week, by Kevin Jackson
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
When this historic Black Catholic parish was closed, its tight-knit community fought back—and won.
St. Adalbert’s-O.L.B.S. was the first Black Catholic parish in Cleveland, and we drove eight hours from New York City to Fairfax to make a short documentary on their history and rootedness. That was “the plan.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Brandi Carlile is Pope Francis’ kind of songwriter: Tender
Brandi Carlile’s latest album shows the singer’s keen awareness of the radical nature of tenderness.
Posted inIdeas, Politics & Society
The way Kyrie Irving talks about vaccines is prophetic — but not in a good way
Kyrie Irving had no chance to convince us that he was a neutral party in the vaccine debate because the style of his speech would not allow it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary explores the fine line between victim and villain
HBO’s ‘Tiger’ shows that Tiger Woods’s development as a human being came second to his golf.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Dear March for Life organizers: Thank you for canceling the in-person march
And to those still tempted to go to Washington, D.C.: Please stay home.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Jason Isbell’s ‘Reunions’ begs us to listen differently
Jason Isbell’s music dares us to practice intentional, engaged listening precisely because that is what Isbell himself is bringing to it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Last Dance’ asks: What is the price of greatness?
The first thing I noticed when tuning into “The Last Dance” were Michael Jordan’s eyes. The second was his glass of tequila.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Should colleges pay their athletes? What Catholic social teaching has to say.
A changing legal landscape in college sports has renewed the discussion of what is “fair” for college athletes when it comes to compensation.