Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottFebruary 20, 2019Like a new Netflix series, the church today seems caught in an endless loop of accusations and revelations.
Arts & Culture Art
Jim McDermottFebruary 07, 2019The idea of mounting an exhibition that takes on the crisis of abuse seems both essential for the Catholic community right now and near impossible to render palatable.. Trina McKillen's "Confess" is now on view at L.M.U.’s Laband Art Gallery.
Arts & Culture Ideas
Jim McDermottFebruary 01, 2019Hopepunk insists there are streams of life-giving water all around us—stories, people and experiences to which we can still turn for inspiration and renewal.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottJanuary 23, 2019The conceit of California-as-disaster-movie is ridiculous. But maybe watching our fires and mudslides helps other states consider both their own fragility and their underlying strength.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Jim McDermottDecember 21, 2018Though they certainly knew what it was like to find their lives in danger, the Holy Family would find many of the trials undocumented migrants and refugees are asked to endure today incomprehensible.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottDecember 18, 2018The very best television is like an Ignatian contemplation: It tells stories that offer us some kind of gift—an insight or encouragement for our lives.
Politics & Society Short Take
Jim McDermottDecember 11, 2018A new study finds higher literacy rates and income levels in the areas around former Jesuit missions in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Faith Dispatches
Jim McDermottNovember 26, 2018How do you create an open, nonjudgmental opportunity for conversation about sexual activity in the context of the Catholic faith?
Politics & Society News Analysis
Jim McDermottNovember 20, 2018A disaster like this creates so many brutal little ironies.
Arts & Culture Ideas
Jim McDermottNovember 13, 2018As wild and wonderful as Marvel Comics characters’ superpowers might be, their back stories are always grounded in reality.