September 9th, 2008
After a nearly summer-long hiatus, while editor Angelo Matera worked to further upgrade GodSpy into a first class “Web 2.0″ Catholic online magazine and intellectual forum, new posts, articles and links are now coming on daily, and many will be contributed by our own John Murphy.
John’s latest is a review of Ron Hansen’s most recent book, [...]
April 28th, 2008
First, John and I have blogs up on GodSpy, follow-ups to the pope’s visit to the United States: Mine is After the Pope: Time to Hit the Books? John’s is on the front page as I write this: Gazing Upwards: The Pope’s Homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
And thanks to Kathleen Lundquist for the heads-up on [...]
April 16th, 2008
Idylls Press illustrator and book designer John Murphy has copped the enviable job of flying to Washington D.C. and New York this week to blog for GodSpy on Pope Benedict’s visit to America. John’s first post, America: Encounter the Pope can be read here. His latest posts will appear on the GodSpy front page.
February 7th, 2007
…is up on the front page, and already gleaning lots of vibrant discussion.
January 12th, 2007
reviewed by John Murphy
The First Noel
The Nativity Story begins with the melancholy strains of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” and proceeds quickly to the Massacre of the Innocents. Not exactly the Hallmark version of Christmas one might have expected. Catherine Hardwicke, director of the hard-hitting teen drama, Thirteen, immediately establishes a tone of tasteful realism [...]
Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Kelly Hatzenbihler on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
Rach on Nessun Dorma, As You’ve Never Heard it Before
Kathleen Lundquist on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition Debra Murphy on Reviving Christianity’s Artistic Tradition
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Joan of Arc: A Life (Penguin Lives) by Mary Gordon
None
There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
— Wilfrid Ward