A four-part harmony led by Mavis’ silky baritone sounds out more than a touch of the divine for Herr Perry Petrich
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Conversion Stories: Adapting Woody Allen
Tim O’Brien tells the story of a little Carmelite Church that once beckoned to poet Sally Read.
Google Knows Best?
Oh Google, you know when I sit down and when I rise up; you know when I click and what I search… Wait, what? Asks Jim Keane.
Doctor Who and Fidelity
Who is Doctor Who? Regular essayist John Shea shares his experience of being a long-term fan of the longest running sci-fi drama on television.
Yoga vs. Church
Joe Hoover ruminates on reverence, silence and ritual as they play out at daily Mass and in his Bikram Yoga studio.
Mementoes
Jay Hooks breaks open his bank of great tunes (this one from the band Hem) to bring us a reflection on God and memory.
Dispatches from ‘Told You So’: Act I
Diabetes and conversion, the Paula Deen story. Or: mmm… doughnut burgers.
David Foster Wallace and the Two Standards
Admittedly aging hipster Jake Martin on the great DFW and the Two Standards.
Seven Times Seventy Watch
Tim O’Brien shines a light on a recent disruption of the NY Symphony (Patron X, anyone?) while not forgetting forgiveness.
Prayers in the Abbey?
Everyone in America apparently loves 19th century Britain… and snark. Luckily, Our Lady is at work.