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Jim McDermott, S.J., is an associate editor at America.
FaithDispatches
Jim McDermott
Today, the Center for Action and Contemplation announced that founder Richard Rohr, O.F.M., is retiring from his roles as Dean of the Center’s Core Faculty and as a voting member on its board of directors.
Audra McDonald and Christine Baranski of “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
“The Good Fight” is ending its run by ramping up the surrealism—and the idea that we are all living in a very real political nightmare.
FaithExplainer
Jim McDermott
As you might imagine, there has been a lot of investigation into how exactly a Ouija board works. How is it possible that you can place your fingers on a little plastic planchette and have it start moving at all?
Arts & CultureFilm
Jim McDermott
What is most endearing about “Hocus Pocus 2” is the way that it brings to the fore an aspect of the original film that you don’t often see portrayed today: sisterhood.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
One of the lesser-known facts about the story of the seven days of creation is that it was written in response to a disaster, and its comforts can be applicable even today.
Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) from “Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power” (Amazon Prime)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
For Tolkien, every creature exists on the same continuum between good and evil, and has the capacity to travel either way along it.
Midtown New York during rush hour. (iStock)
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
I want to savor the beauty that is all around me, to be a witness to whatever this day will offer me, and all the people in it. But it’s hard!
FaithScripture Reflections
Jim McDermott
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
The company of ”Dear Evan Hansen” (Matthew Murphy)
Arts & CultureTheater
Jim McDermott
On Sunday, Sept. 18, “Dear Evan Hansen” finished its Broadway run. During its six-year run, it was a touchstone in the ongoing conversation about the mental health of young people today.
Adnan Syed, the man whose legal saga spawned the hit podcast "Serial," exits the Cummings Courthouse a free man after a Baltimore judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee, Sept. 19, in Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
Politics & SocietyIdeas
Jim McDermott
There is no doubt that the attention that the podcast “Serial” brought to his case helped Adnan Syed, who was released from prison on Sept. 19.