The stoic faces found in most icons just don’t cut it for Perry Petrich. How about a little shaky hopeful holiness?
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La Virgen & Fabian Debora: Catholic Art in the City of Angels
Violence. Addiction and jail and death. The city of Los Angeles. La Virgen. Hope in a painting. All collide at speed to compose Fabian Debora’s life story. Jay Hooks’ biographical essay holds the details.
Getting Your Fix of Downton
Enduring some Downton withdrawal? Tim O’Brien arrives just in time to scratch your itch.
Everything is a Remix
Do not read this. After all, even those as creative as Eric Sundrup are just copycats.
Linsanity: Because We Need a New Obsession
Tebowing’s so 2011; now we’re all Linsane. Tim O’Brien works hard to keep up with the latest obsession.
Sh*t Christian Poets Say: The Problems of God-Talk, Sentimentality, and Style (Part 2)
King of Snark Jayme Stayer returns for Part 2 of “Sh*t Christian Poets Say” – here he immerses us in Mary Karr’s poetic efforts to walk the tightrope between experience and theologizing.
More Than Fish on Fridays
Sure, eating a Filet-o-Fish on Fridays will keep McDonald’s happy, but perhaps there’s something more to Lent than that.
Demi asks, Do you love me?
Do you love me? Who hasn’t asked that question? Struck by Demi Moore’s honesty in a recent interview, Perry Petrich looks at doubt.
TJP Video: Germaphobia
The soon-to-be-famous TJP video series launches this week with Jay Hooks’ Oscar nominated short “Germaphobia” (note: all “Oscar” references refer to our buddy Oscar who we love because he’s relentlessly supportive of our ridiculousness).
The Inspiration of “I Don’t Know”
All of the dead deserve to be remembered in our prayers, poets perhaps most of all. Our Tim O’Brien remembers the great, and recently deceased, Polish poet Wisława Szymborska, the muse of “I Don’t Know.”