I used to have a neighbor, an elderly gentleman who walked up and down the streets of our quiet neighborhood most afternoons, ready to talk to whoever crossed...
Author - Molly Jo Rose
"The Truth Behind" National Geographic (Story House Productions, 2013— ) If asked to guess what one of the most popular shows on Netflix is...
What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World The Decemberists (Capitol, 2015) There’s something quaint about the Decemberists’ lead singer, Colin...
Directed by Kenneth Branagh (Walt Disney Studios, 2015) There’s something great about 5-year-old boys. They are so unformed, and yet, their opinions are...
Your child is approaching school age and you and your spouse want to give him or her the gift of a Catholic elementary education. Then you look at the tuition...
Directed by Phillip Noyce (The Weinstein Company, 2014) It is difficult to explain why a film fails where a book succeeds. Often it is because our imaginations...
Directed by Richard Linklater (IFC Films, 2014) Nothing happens except the passage of time. A little boy, age 6, opens the film. He lies on his back, head...
Everyone can use a good cry now and then, especially children in church. Let’s make sure they have a place to let it out. Sounding Board is one person’s take...
Broken Bells (Columbia Records, 2014) In the 2004 dramedy Garden State, Natalie Portman’s character hands Zach Braff’s Andrew a pair of headphones...
Various Artists (Nonesuch, 2013) The songwriter is dead. Long live the songwriter. The Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack comes from the 2013 film of the same name...
