By now it’s become a cliché that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed social and economic ills that America long swept under the rug. Low wages, weak workplace...
TV and film
Who were you before you were born? Who will you be after you die? In church circles the responses to these questions might quickly move in the direction of...
The Fallout Directed by Megan Park (SSS Entertainment, 2021) “I feel so empty,” 16-year-old Vada (Jenna Ortega) tells her father in The Fallout, writer and...
In the Disney film Encanto, the Madrigal family’s story begins when Abuela and Abuelo flee civil war in their home country of Colombia. Abuelo sacrifices...
Luca Directed by Enrico Casarosa (Disney/Pixar, 2021) With Disney/Pixar dominating mainstream theatrical releases for the past 20 years, you likely are not...
Midnight Mass Directed by Mike Flanagan (Netflix, 2021) The scariest thing about Midnight Mass isn’t the blood or creatures. It’s the people. The miniseries...
Ted Lasso is teaching boys how to be men and men how to be good people. Right there on television, where the opposite usually happens. The American...
Squid Game Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk (Netflix, 2021) The Second Vatican Council reminded all of the faithful that we must read and respond to the “signs of...
Water parks, swirling cameras, gospel choirs, mink coats, televangelists, and, at the center of it all, Tammy Faye. When the PTL (short for “Praise the Lord”)...
Did you know that if you’re a poor and unemployed single mother, before you can get any financial assistance from the government you must have a job? On top of...
