Magazine

Fourth in a series for Advent and Christmas

Nurturing new growth from life's soil

The Christianity of Charles Dickens

Father and Sir In your issue on “The Chaplain Controversy” (11/17), Deacon Tom Cornell and John J. McLain, S.J., agree that soldiers need priests. I agree too. I am a veteran of this current war, and was honorably discharged almost two years ago from the Navy as a conscientious objector.

An alcoholic’s life never takes him farther than within reach of his booze. The set of Conor McPherson’s new drama, The Seafarer, playing at the Steppenwolf in Chicago from December 4 to February 8