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The Deacon's Bench
Mad as a hatter?
By
deacon greg kandra
Clearly, that sums up Tim Burton’s vision succinctly. The first trailer for his adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland” is out. See below. Disney is producing. Spinning teacups, anyone?
Warning: something adorable ahead
By
deacon greg kandra
It’s Wednesday in late July. The Vatican has rolled up the sidewalks and the pope is out of town and the news cycle is slow. Hence, this:
Nearer, my God, to thee…
By
deacon greg kandra
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel is many things to many people – a study project to an atheist student, a dream (or nightmare) assignment to a photographer, an illustrated Bible to the believer. It is also a kind of evolutionary marker in the Grand Quest, as depicted in the reach between Creator and Creature-the chasm of knowledge…
Sea change: the sisters get some company at the Jersey shore
By
deacon greg kandra
I was taught by the Sisters of St. Joseph, from Chestnut Hill, Pa. (just outside Philly), and remember tales of the black-habit-wearing nuns heading to Cape May for their summer vacation, where they’d sit on the sand, in habit and veil and everything, and soak up the sun. (One of the sisters who taught me…
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