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January 2021

January 18, 2021

TKUG–Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Edition

photo by Wikimedia commons It is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here...

September 2019

September 12, 2019

Toni Morrison and the White Blindness of First Things

First Things has published an attempted takedown of the late Toni Morrison's faith and writing, and it's...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

The Strangeness of Mary’s Body

"Can you comment on the self as grotesque?" The men on the panel at the...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Sick Pilgrim Goes to the Movies: Kiki’s Delivery Service

If you happen to visit our house sometime and find yourself invited down to our...

July 17, 2018

Vatican Treasures: What’s Actually on Display in the Met’s Heavenly Bodies Exhibit, Part III

In these descriptive essays, guest contributor, Susan L. Miller, captures the incarnational dimension that lies...

July 08, 2018

Dress Like a Saint: What’s Actually on Display in the Met’s Heavenly Bodies Exhibit, Part II

In these descriptive essays, guest contributor, Susan L. Miller, captures the incarnational dimension that lies...

July 02, 2018

The Catholic Imagination: What’s Actually on Display in the Met’s Heavenly Bodies Exhibit, Part I

In these descriptive essays, guest contributor, Susan L. Miller, captures the incarnational dimension that lies...

July 20, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Timekeeping

Some of the most interesting writing happening today exists in the liminal space between genres—micro-memoir,...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

Introducing Brian Jocks, Sick Pilgrim’s Illustrator

Louisiana artist Brian Jocks will be contributing original illustrations to the Dark Devotional, Sick Pilgrim's...

March 15, 2017

That Old Catholic Magic: Jacob Popcak Explains St. Patrick’s Day to Sick Pilgrim

We invited some Sick Pilgrims over to talk about one of our favorite saints, St...

March 08, 2017

Blog of the Year

When I told my fellow pilgrims that we'd received an award for faith-based blog of...

February 2017

February 15, 2017

Beyonce and the Black Madonna

A few thoughts on Beyonce's pregnant body: It is breathtakingly beautiful. It is unashamedly sensual....

January 2017

January 23, 2017

St. Francis de Sales and the Artist-Theologian

Before I was confirmed in the Catholic Church three years ago, I had to choose...

January 18, 2017

Trying to Say God (as artists)

A few years ago, Kaya Oakes wrote in America Magazine that "Catholic literary culture today...

January 13, 2017

Sick Pilgrim and Sacramental Weird Fiction Writer, William Paul Blatty, Has Passed.

I'm sad today. William Peter Blatty has gone into the Unseen realm. As the writer...

December 2016

December 13, 2016

The Artist’s Fiat: An Interview with Sister Sinjin

I’ve been listening to Sister Sinjin’s new album, Incarnation, as a daily Advent prayer, and...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

Art Won’t Make You a Better Person

A guest post from a Lutheran Sick Pilgrim, Joel Westerholm I’m in what I hope is...

September 20, 2016

Mud Wrestling with Angels Unawares: When Catholic Art is Dark (Or Ugly)

As a Catholic poet, I was excited to read this article about why the Catholic...