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Sunday Morning Matinee

Episode 92: Fast Five

Matt and Adam talk about family, cars, and the brilliant idiocy of Fast Five
Poetry

Prayer from a motel lobby in Topeka

by Sally Witt, CSJ

Poetry

Except, inexplicably, the last

by Stephen Kampa

On Art

Grandfather, by Fouad Agbaria

art selection and comment by Lil Copan

Poetry

Prayer for the city

by Dianne Turgeon Richardson

Poetry

Vatican II periti: An acrostic

by Maryanne Hannan

Poetry

Conservation cemetery

by Marda Messick

On Art

Laquan McDonald (from the series In the Wake), by Jared Thorne

art selection and comment by Aaron Rosen

Books

I want more for Deesha Philyaw’s church ladies

I want a sequel where they don’t have to hide their sexuality.

by Lillian Daniel

Poetry

Spit and dust

by Charles R. Strietelmeier

Poetry

Songs of comfort

by Karen An-Hwei Lee

Screen Time

What makes a movie a “family movie”?

It’s not just about entertaining the kids.

by Kathryn Reklis

Poetry

Walking the labyrinth

by Katherine J. Williams

Books

Aimee Nezhukumatathil shows us the worlds she sees

The poet’s collection of essays is so vivid, we can smell, hear, taste, touch, and see her rapture.

by Trish Beckman

Poetry

Clay into birds

by Jeff Gundy

Poetry

Cargo

by Yehiel E. Poupko

Poetry

In praise of small living

by Karen An-Hwei Lee

Poetry

Dulcedine

by James Owens

First Person

What is a beautiful church building for?

What my bad sermons made bland, our sanctuary made sweet.

by Zen Hess

Poetry

Prayer as weather moves in

by Steven Peterson

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