Artistry in Easter: Jesus in the progressive jazz of Stan Kenton
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Jazz speaks for life.”
Easter is bonkers
God despises bores. Easter reminds us of this. Put the redemption of the world into our hands, and we’d come up with something unimaginative, uninspiring, and probably much too believable.
Glorious apparel
Mightier than the sound of many waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, mightier is the LORD who dwells on high.
Bringing out our Sunday best
When Sunday preaching proclaims the Sunday message, it is the final piece of a grand puzzle finally clicking into place.
A wretch like me? Crossing to the demoniac
Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, there met him a man of the city who had demons. —Luke 8:26-27a
This story, recounted in all the Synopt... Read More...
What happens when eros meets agape?
Why shouldn't Mary Magdalene touch the Risen Lord?
Two loves in Jesus Christ Superstar
I can’t help it. In Lent I usually feel nostalgic for the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. One of my older siblings got it right after it came out in the early ’70s. I liked it. No, I loved it. Forgive me if ... Read More...
Paschal mystery
Liturgy closes the distance between our own time and the events of salvation history, and our identification with those events is an essential part of how this takes place.