Incarnating Words
The musical mission of Christian storytellers
Are we objectifying priests?
Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble recently asked the faithful to please stop fixating on whether religious sisters are habited or not, remarking that such an approach objectifies women. She writes, I cannot tell you how many times I have been pulled aside only to hear, “I am so glad you wear the habit … [Read More...]
Superstar, Part I (or, ¡SUPERSTAR!)
Having just celebrated Pentecost, Easter season’s officially over. That said, I can’t help thinking back to Good Friday and to a particular tradition I’ve been able to nail down through the years – I’m not just talking about picking up a solid reflection or that fasting bit (both important), but the … [Read More...]
Stammering
I’m preparing to attend a conference at Notre Dame in just a few weeks called Trying to Say God: Re-enchanting Catholic Literature. I’m terribly excited to finally meet face to face many of the movers and shakers of the Catholic literary world. It’s an honor and an opportunity for which I’m deeply … [Read More...]
In Defense of Dark
Michael Rennier recently penned some very timely musings in a post called “Why do we insist on gritty remakes of classics?”, the subject being the new, darker CBC/Netflix adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. As is often the case, a comment meant for the bottom of his article got a tad out of hand and … [Read More...]
Does the Divine Comedy Have a Tragic Flaw?
Not long ago my attention was brought to a short article on The Imaginative Conservative website by the inimitable Joseph Pearce concerning the question, Was Dante wrong to name the people he put in Hell? It's a reasonable question, and our own Rosanne Sullivan has explored the problem of Dante … [Read More...]
