Watch this short video introducing the Satyricon & Munch art exhibit in Oslo, Norway.

Anne Rice. Irish American treasure. Thank you for your work — the spirit, humor, sex, charm, pathos, meditations on grief — for your soul-searching journey into theology and back. Thank you for all of it. May you reunite with your beloved Michele & Stan and your work live forever.

While the clip is from the 2019 Democratic campaign trail, former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg’s response to a question about late-term abortion went viral over the weekend. Fox News reporter Chris Wallace posed the question during a town hall event in New Hampshire. I’m posting about it here because it’s a nuanced and well-articulated take from a pro-choice person of faith that is often absent in the public conversations about the divisive issue.

Nick Cave has an incredible website, called The Red Hand, where he answers questions from fans, with depth, sincerity, and cleverness. I was delighted to learn tonight that he has written at some length about the question of God, which comes up very often amongst his fans. It’s all worth the read (and it’s not that long), but this is the part that struck me the most and happens to describe the space my heart and head most often inhabit.

We may imagine Jesus in long robes with baggy sleeves, but this is far from how he would have dressed (via The Conversation).