Ash Wednesday Images and Lenten Poem by Guest Blogger Alice Ellis

Lent: a 40- Day Invitation Leave behind your brokenness Enter the simple-plain wilderness Be marked with palm-ashes Sing hymns in soft tones of longing Lean hungry hearts into prayer Search out the memory of baptism Hear the ancient cry “Repent, Prepare the way of the Lord.” Speak the language of confession Let the shadow of [...]

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“He Puts the Lonely in Families” in Catapult

In this most recent article of mine in Catapult I reflect a little on the life and death of my good friend Anil, who died this past Spring, and about his life in our community. Whether you knew Anil or not, I think you may appreciate the article.

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How shall we speak of weight?

In writing for Catapult magazine, I have written about pornography, grieving, conflict, and race, but seldom has the prospect of articulating my thoughts and feelings about a topic been harder than writing about weight. My interior landscape as it reflects on my own external form and also how we talk about such issues with one [...]

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“Grief in the Age of Facebook,” a Fascinating Article

A friend of mine passed along this article to me as my local church community recently experienced the death of a friend and some of our grieving was expressed via Facebook. Our friend did not have a Facebook profile himself, as the very popular girl in the article did, so we did not have that [...]

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An Article About Pakistan, Thrift, Abundance, Injustice, Sloppy Joes, and a Loving Heart

-photo by mashriqi_boy The photo above well illustrates a portion of a story my friend Sophie Blanc wrote for the most recent issue of catapult. The picture is of “Landa Bazaar” in Peshawar, Pakistan, but which has its equivalent in every Pakistani city. Does that first word sound familiar to you? The first syllable “lan” [...]

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Two Photos in Catapult

A new issue of catapult is out. Entitled “Self Diagnosis,” it focuses on the Lenten season. I have two photos included in the issue which feature King Lear and Ash Wednesday. They appear toward the bottom.

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Reviews of Slumdog Millionaire Where it Matters Most

In my review of the movie I did not exactly predict that the reception of Slumdog Millionaire in India would be mixed and problematic, though I had wondered since writing it what the reception in India, indeed, would be. This article from the BBC informs me that the movie is only just opening in India, [...]

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The Dassler Effect, A Retrospective

Well, this new version of The Dassler Effect has had a more promising start than I could have imagined. And yet its previous incarnation was no slouch either (it still shows up first on Google). Because it was around for longer, it has far more more photos on it than the current blog and there [...]

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A Review of “Slumdog Millionaire”

A new issue of catapult, “Duck, Duck, Goose,” about “our attempts and failures, intentional or otherwise, to fit in” is out. In it, I have a review of a film currently showing in cinemas which is set in India and….well, I will just let the review do the talking. Here is the website for the [...]

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New Catapult, Old Work and New

The new issue of Catapult has an Advent theme and is titled Incarnate. Check it out. In it I have a piece which first appeared on this blog and which consists of four haiku, which I am particularly pleased with, which also are obliquely related to the Incarnation and its effects. I do also have [...]

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