I'm psyched to have @robertpbaird.com joining us for a Jesuit Media Lab Book Club Zoom in January. Get a copy of his debut novel, "The Nimbus," and join us online. Free registration: jesuitmedialab.org/bookclub
Mike Jordan Laskey
@mikelaskey.bsky.social
Comms director for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Host of the AMDG podcast. Creative stuff at the Jesuit Media Lab.
This is exactly what I think when my parish, which usually does the Apostles’ Creed, uses the full Nicene instead.
From "Teaching a Stone to Talk." RIP. She was the greatest.
"Among the hardest cases in the tenement corridors, Sister Grace believed the proof of God's creativity eddied from the fact that you could not surmise the life, even remotely, of his humblest shut-in." -Don DeLillo, "Underworld"
The A's just did one of the coolest things I've seen in their broadcast: Just unfiltered audio of the live director calling a Lawrence Butler plate appearance...that went about as well as they could have hoped for.
Started a new Substack, "Sacramental Record Club," for God-haunted music writing. sacramentalrecordclub.substack.com/p/wilcos-jef...
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Gives the Best Creative Advice
"How to Write One Song," a book every artist should read
sacramentalrecordclub.substack.com
I missed this story from late June: ICE arrested a religious sister while she was walking to Mass.
Questions remain about ICE arrest of South Texas nun
ICE detained the 56-year-old nun from Nigeria on Sunday but released her later that day after federal lawmakers intervened.
texastribune.org
I truly don’t see how this country can go on if we don’t ban online sports betting. This story is stomach-turning.
FanDuel sent a personal message from Phillies star Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling addiction
Terry Thompson lost $1.5 million on bets he placed with FanDuel. The company gave him VIP treatment — including a personalized video message from the Phillies' All-Star first baseman.
inquirer.com
I was thrilled to be named the Catholic Media Association's podcaster of the year! And our awesome team brought home 14 total awards. See them all here: www.jesuits.org/stories/jesu...
Jalen Brunson is a great model for NYC’s wealthy: give up a bit of take home pay, and great things can happen with your team/community. Calling an NYC millionaire’s tax “Brunson’s Law” would make it pass unanimously.
Higher ed idea: Philly has ~10 Catholic colleges/universities; most struggling. Their sponsoring religious orders should collab on starting the new "Philadelphia Catholic College." Urban campus. One BA offered: liberal arts. Mission office incorporates the various charisms into college life. 💯
Wild West nun who faced down a lynch mob, helped Billy the Kid, and set up hospitals nears sainthood. Via NCR… #WildWest #nun #Catholic #NewMexico www.globalsistersreport.org/wild-west-nu...
Wild West nun who faced down a lynch mob and set up hospitals nears sainthood
Sr. Blandina Segale, of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, is one step closer to sainthood. In the 1800s she worked for peace and justice in frontier communities.
globalsistersreport.org
From @theathletic.com: Meet the San Antonio Spurs nuns: the Salesian Sisters. The Athletic goes inside the basketball-loving world of the Sisters, who have become perhaps the Spurs' most recognizable fans. nyti.ms/4obutuK
Meet the Spurs nuns: Inside the basketball-loving world of the Salesian Sisters
They've become perhaps the Spurs' most recognizable fans. The Sisters aren’t just watching, though; they can hoop, too.
nyti.ms
In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193
Had such a blast talking to Mike. A deep chat about music discovery, criticism, and my surprisingly many Jesuit connections.
Mike Jordan Laskey@mikelaskey.bsky.social · 6mo agoIt was incredibly fun to welcome the @joshterry.bsky.social onto the AMDG pod to talk about discovering new music, his excellent newsletter "No Expectations," and his Jesuit education at @loyolachicago.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/4HQq...
It was incredibly fun to welcome the @joshterry.bsky.social onto the AMDG pod to talk about discovering new music, his excellent newsletter "No Expectations," and his Jesuit education at @loyolachicago.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/4HQq...
If US Catholic dioceses and religious orders got into the YIGBY movement en masse, the resulting social good would be enormous. We're talking the same stratosphere as the church's 19th and 20th century impacts on the labor movement, healthcare, social services and education. Let's do it!
M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 6mo agoLaws change, housing gets built: across Southern California, churches are turning surplus land into housing using SB 4—AKA the Yes In God's Backyard Act. www.ocregister.com/2026/05/03/h...
NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
propublica.org
When you see one set of footprints, that’s because a chatbot is non-corporeal.
Artificial intelligence Jesus chatbot sparks debate over future of faith
For some evangelical Christians, a personal relationship with Jesus is central to their faith. Now, a tech company called Just Like Me is offering to take that concept to an unprecedented level, allowing users to engage in video calls with an artificial intelligence-generated avatar of Jesus for $1....
indy100.com
Italian call of Italy recording the final out sending them to the semifinals
MLB Daily News@insidemlbnews.bsky.social · 8mo agoTeam Italy is headed to the WBC semifinals 🤌 5-0 8 Runs per Game
Press conference at the conclusion of the meetings of the bishops of the Texas/Mexico border. “In these massive detention centers, migrants are relegated to anonymity and oblivion. Their own families do not know where they are. This is fundamentally unjust.”
I've seen enough: It's Dave Wasserman. Or John Milhiser if you prefer early 2010s SNL to encyclopedic political coverage.
William Adler@williamadler78.bsky.social · 9mo agoWho's the most famous alum of your high school? I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
Our Lady of the Neighborhood by Allan Rohan Crite, 1948.
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
