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Holy Saturday, 2020

There is rebirth on the other side of this long Saturday. A great reopening, rebuilding, reunion, resurrection. When will it come?

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Good Friday, 2020

In retrospect, the horror of watching the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris collapse into billowing flames—a year ago this month—was just a foretaste of horrors to come.

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Recent Writings / Winter 2020

A collection of some of my publications (movie reviews, essays, book excerpts, etc.) from September 2019 to March 2020.

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On My Son’s First Birthday

If there is one thing that becomes utterly clear living with a child in their first year of life, it’s how fast they change. Every month is change. Every week. Every day.

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Favorite Music of 2018

There is a massive amount of great music being made today (and plenty of mediocre music), so one person’s list surely only scratches the surface. But for whatever it’s worth, here are the 2018-released albums, songs, and cover songs (in our overwhelming and confusing musical present, the past has become an important inspiration) I enjoyed the most.

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Favorite Books of 2018

These lists highlight some of my favorites in two categories: books I read in 2018 that were 1) released this year and 2) not released this year. Perhaps some of these will make it onto your bookshelf in 2019. I recommend them all!

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To Zion

On a Thursday in November, 2017, we drove east. In Santa Ana, to drive east is to drive toward the desert. And so to the desert we went. We were headed to Zion.

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