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January 2015

January 08, 2015

Becoming King: How David Oyelowo Prepared Spiritually for “Selma”

Editor's Note: A few days before the magnificent new film Selma opened in wide release...

November 2014

November 16, 2014

Band Aid 30 Years On: Feed, Feel, Heal the World

Do you remember where you were on Saturday, July 13, 1985? I do. On that...

November 13, 2014

Lila Pays It Forward: Helping LGBT Refugees Find a New Home, Life

“Whoever preserves a single soul, it is as though he had preserved a whole world."...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Guest Post: Ina Albert on Changing Faces of Spirit

But the reason I returned to Judaism was not a deep-seated belief in G-d. It...

October 22, 2014

Reblogging from Dave McKinney: Why I left

Today one of the finest people I ever worked with as a reporter resigned from...

October 17, 2014

DISQUIET TIME BLOG TOUR: Jennifer Grant

Today, the blog tour continues with my co-editor (the whole book was her idea, btw)...

October 16, 2014

DISQUIET TIME: Welcome to the Land of Misfit Toys

We see God’s spirit shining through each other’s eyes as we grant ourselves permission and...

October 15, 2014

Are You Skepical, Faithful, or a Scoundrel? Take the Disquieting Bible Quiz!

Are You Skepical, Faithful, or a Scoundrel? Take the Disquieting Bible Quiz!.

October 13, 2014

U2’s Songs of Transcendence

The first track on the album "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" is Bono's telling of...

October 12, 2014

Images of Rome, September 2014

I spent 10 days in Rome in early September following an intensive course of study...

October 09, 2014

Chatting with a Writer Friend

Thanks, Trish Ryan, for this awesome post about Disquiet Time (www.disquiettime.com) which hits bookstores near...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

Thank you, Roy.

How do I properly thank the person who opened my eyes to a whole new...

September 25, 2014

Happy Birthday: We Are Good.

Today's my birthday and I asked friends to send me YouTube links to their favorite...

July 2014

July 03, 2014

Reb Zalman Has Gone Home

News just reached me that Reb Zalman (Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, one of the founders of...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

‘The Immigrant’ lands close to home

When she was 20 years old, she traveled from her home in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan,...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

The Poem That Inspired Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

During our conversation, Aronofsky talked about a prose-poem he'd written as a 13-year-old seventh grader...

February 2014

February 03, 2014

@PONTIFEXCELLENT: “Nuns Are Grrreat!

"Think what would happen if there weren't any sisters, if there weren't any sisters in...

February 02, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Lord Rest His Soul

Perhaps the finest actor of my generation (IMHO), the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

On Justin Bieber’s Annus Horribilis : My Interview with Joshua DuBois

We have the responsibility to be kind to one another, and that responsibility extends to...

January 17, 2014

What Makes Papa Frank So Likable (Especially Among Non-Catholics)?

What Makes Papa Frank So Likable (Especially Among Non-Catholics)? We'd love to know what you...

December 2013

December 06, 2013

MADIBA: LIFE AS SCRIPTURE

Even more than a political, social justice, or ideological giant, in Madiba’s death I sincerely...

December 06, 2013

Mourning Madiba: Ndiyakuthanda, Tata

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of...

November 2013

November 10, 2013

SAVE THE BOOBIES! SAVE THE BOOBIES!

Because, as most of you know, I am a journalist who works best under deadline...

November 04, 2013

@PONTIFEXCELLENT: On Art

"Beauty will save the world." The time Papa Frank quoted Dostoyevsky...

November 03, 2013

Magical Thinking: Could Papa Frank Name a Woman Cardinal?

Now wouldn't THAT be something? I don't know enough yet to speculate (though I'm chuffed...

November 03, 2013

Hey. Watch This. (Updated)

Rob Bell and Oprah. BOOM.

November 03, 2013

PASTRIX Bonus

"I’m almost always stricken by an experience of God. Broken into a million pieces and...

November 02, 2013

My OCR Latest: Listen Up to PASTRIX!

To focus solely on those externals is missing the point. Bolz-Weber has a bold and...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Where the Heck’ya Been, God Girl?

No, I never expected to return to writing for newspapers. But not unlike Don Corleone,...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

OSCAR SPIRIT: Faith, Morals and the 2013 Best Picture Nominees

The fragility of life. The servanthood of love. The (im)morality of war. The fundamentals of...