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December 2014

December 17, 2014

In Defense of Fruitcake

At some point or another, every Christmas celebrant in America has to draw lines in...

December 16, 2014

The Regrettably Pretty Shoes: A St. Louis Story

Guest post by Linda Wendling I love St. Louis. I love Ferguson. My whole family...

December 15, 2014

Crime and Grace Collide in Denis Johnson’s Novels

On the back cover of Denis Johnson’s new novel The Laughing Monsters is a rather...

December 12, 2014

It’s Advent and I’m Done Waiting

This is not an Advent post. There are enough of those out there. Writing of...

December 11, 2014

The Infinite Sincerity of Bill Murray

In Bill Murray’s long movie career, I don’t think he’s ever played a flat out...

December 10, 2014

Monasticism in Lockdown America, Part 3

Continued from yesterday. In the “burpees” the guys often showed me after they were home...

December 09, 2014

Monasticism in Lockdown America, Part 2

Earlier this year during Lent, I visited a Russian Orthodox monastery on an evergreen island...

December 08, 2014

Murder in the Synagogue

When I see him, I don’t see Israeli. I see Jew. Like the other men...

December 05, 2014

A Cup of Kindness

I didn’t think I’d make it through that Tuesday. There I was, sitting in my...

December 04, 2014

Angel Trades a Shotgun for a Shovel: An Interview with Terry Scott Taylor, Part 2

Guest Post by Chad Thomas Johnston Photo taken by Phillip G Brown Fine Art Photography Continued...

December 03, 2014

Angel Trades a Shotgun for a Shovel: An Interview with Terry Scott Taylor, Part 1

Guest Post by Chad Thomas Johnston Most bands with lifespans of forty years or more...

December 02, 2014

Madonna and Child

The entrance makes all the difference. I recently watched the opening of a Madonna concert,...

December 01, 2014

Mantras for Advent

Last year at this time I wrote about suggestions my spiritual director had given me...

November 2014

November 28, 2014

Elsa Blue and Frozen Power

For Chad Thomas Johnston Along with Kermit green, Barbie pink and—Lord have mercy—SpongeBob yellow, we...

November 26, 2014

Death and the Absurdity of Heaven

I remember, as an undergraduate, reading Spinoza for the first time. I came across the...

November 25, 2014

A Tradition without Tryptophan

November is always an interesting time for a family of vegetarians. While my three children...

November 24, 2014

The Benevolent Season

“Good Letters” is pleased today to welcome D.L. Mayfield to our team of bloggers. “That...

November 21, 2014

The Subtle Traitor

I’m about to describe a character. He doesn’t exist everywhere, nor is he a threat...

November 20, 2014

The Treasure in the Trash

As much as I associate Kansas with The Wizard of Oz, I have yet to...

November 19, 2014

Trouble Called Again Last Night

Trouble called again last Thursday night. The number illuminated in the landline phone's small window....

November 18, 2014

Back off, Man, I’m a Scientist

My friend in graduate school used to groan as the holidays approached. His father was...

November 17, 2014

Seeing and Being the Face of Christ

The Catholic church I attend is lovely. A wine brick building with a copper steeple...

November 14, 2014

Apocatastasis at the Essex

“You have to choose the places you don’t walk away from.” —Joan Didion This one’s...

November 13, 2014

Epic Tales: an Interview with Amit Majmudar, part 2

Guest post by Sarah Arthur Continued from yesterday. SA: In your essay “Me and the...

November 12, 2014

Epic Tales: an Interview with Amit Majmudar, part 1

Guest post by Sarah Arthur To call Amit Majmudar a poet doesn’t express the range...

November 10, 2014

Inside My Nostalgia Box

Look at my new Easter eggs. Red and blue with yellow legs. See them run...

November 07, 2014

The Jewish Roots of Christian Worship for Churchgoing Dummies

Today we bid farewell to regular contributor Bradford Winters who has written more than 100...

November 06, 2014

The Photographic Eye of God

He called himself Weegee The Famous. Weegee, for short. His real name was Arthur Fellig....

November 04, 2014

Lorenzo the Magnificent

He liked to be called El Santo (Spanish for “the Saint”). In almost anyone else...

November 03, 2014

Praying the “Sleeping Tune”

In an effort to help believers who struggle with prayer, many evangelical speakers and books...