Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
byWhen a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
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‘Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places’: Living Out the Drama of the Church Calendar
byOver the past decade or so, I’ve begun to steep myself in some of the ancient rhythms and rituals of the Church. I have…
Review: Reading in the Wilderness
byJessica Brantley, Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp….
Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
byWhen a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
A Theatre of the Actor-Saint: Osterwa’s Reduta
byFollowing up on my previous posts on the Rhapsodic Theatre and Jerzy Grotowski’s Laboratory Theatre, I would like to introduce a third Polish theatre…
Review: On Liturgical Asceticism
byEditor’s Note: Over the course of this next week, and before regular posting resumes on 20 January, we will be posting several book reviews….
A View from the Monastery: On Behalf of Utilitarian Art
byI’m coming to you from St Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, and I’d like to speak a word on behalf of utilitarian art. As…