Welcome to this year’s best-of list! This past Lent, in the spirit of self-examination and repentance, our church community engaged a series on the enneagram. Around the same time, I wandered into a thrift store and found a 1984 book on the enneagram for $1 (or was it $2?). I’d never read it before, and … Continue reading Best of 2025 (Books, TV, Music)
Best of 2024 (Books, TV, Music)
I present to you - in the remaining hours of 2024 - this year's "Best of" list! Among some notable entries, I read the best book I have ever read on spiritual direction (see below). Admittedly, I have only been reading in this field for ten years, but reading something that so invigorated my love … Continue reading Best of 2024 (Books, TV, Music)
Best of 2023 (Books, TV, Music)
Welcome to this year's best-of lists! With regard to books, I didn't read as much this year as last and didn't love as many books either. Nonetheless, I was completely awestruck by the Little Flower's autobiography (Story of a Soul) - a true spiritual masterpiece in my opinion and one that elicited all sorts of … Continue reading Best of 2023 (Books, TV, Music)
Best of 2022 (Books and TV)
At the end of last year, I compiled my "Best of" list and posted it. Around the same time, a friend posted a list of books he read; the list was upwards of 70 books. I was mesmerized and inspired. I wondered what it would be like to read extensively through the year, as well … Continue reading Best of 2022 (Books and TV)
Best of 2021 (TV and Film)
Last year, I didn't do a best of list. Probably because we were in the throes of the pandemic and I didn't have much motivation to look back with affection. This year, though we are still very much in a pandemic, things feel a little different. Perhaps I have accepted the new normal. Perhaps I … Continue reading Best of 2021 (TV and Film)
Best of 2019
Despite not posting much this year, I could hardly forfeit the customary (see previous year-end lists below) opportunity to compile a best-of list. Here are a few general observations from the compiling:I didn't see a single film in the cinema this year, for the first time since I can recall. The films I did see … Continue reading Best of 2019
Best of 2018
Television (watched though not necessarily released in 2018)*blurbs from IMDB The Handmaid's Tale (Seasons 1 & 2; Hulu): "Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship."Killing Eve (Season 1; BBC America): "A security operative hunts for an assassin. Based on the Villanelle novellas by Luke … Continue reading Best of 2018
Best of 2017
Film (watched though not necessarily released in 2017) 01. Lion 02. Silence 03. La La Land 04. Dunkirk 05. Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King 06. Wind River 07. The 13th 08. The Salesman 09. The Light Between Oceans 10. The Big Sick 11. Logan 12. Chasing Coral 13. Jerry Before Seinfeld 14. Gaga: Five Foot Two … Continue reading Best of 2017
Silence: Love Suffers Long in Scorcese’s Latest
Warning: Contains Spoilers. Moments before Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) apostatizes (that is, abandons the faith), he sees five bodies mummified in burlap, hanging upside down in pits. Their necks have been nicked, slightly, to prevent blood from amassing in their heads in favour of it dripping into the pits. They are alive, groaning into the night … Continue reading Silence: Love Suffers Long in Scorcese’s Latest
Best of 2016
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Writing Is Prayer 