Redeeming von Trapp: Coming to Terms with Unwanted Legacies
To invest one short moment with such great meaning, Plummer must have done, to coin a phrase, something good.
Beethoven Broke My Arm: A Pandemic Tale
Perhaps it was inevitable that, back when I was looking forward to a summer of attending and reviewing performances of all nine symphonies, it was all about to crash and burn.
History Is Written by the Losers
The lesson is that if we don’t tell the true stories, if we fail to pass them down to future generations, the lies will rush into the vacuum and take over.
The Seamless Life by Steven Garber, Free for CAPC Members
If you’re wrestling with your vocation right now, the pithy and poignant thoughts Garber shares in The Seamless Life might be just the guide you need.
Double Vision: Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Shows Us the Goodness of Different Ways of Life
Gerwig’s recent adaptation of Little Women echoes the Bible’s ability to hold within its pages quite a variety of ideas on marriage and singleness.
‘A Christmas Carol’ for the Cancel Culture
A world that can produce an Ebenezer Scrooge without a merciful God to save and bless us would be a very dark place indeed.
The Love That Fights: What It Took for Rachael Denhollander to Bring Down a Predator
Unlike abuse, love does not excuse or minimize wrongdoing.
A Voice in the Dark: The Relation between Art and Suffering
It’s perpetually difficult for those who love their creativity to understand and to reconcile it with their dark sides.
Strange Flourishing: The Christian Moment in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Hepburn’s book examines the major resurgence of orthodox Christian faith among British writers in mid-20th century.
Thy Geekdom Come, ed. Allison Alexander and Casey L. Covel, Free for CAPC Members
What’s inside this book of “fandom-inspired devotionals” is just as quirky, clever, and fun as the title.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “Providence” (Series Finale)
This series has poignantly shown us that it was longing that defined the lives of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “Nowadays” (Episode 7)
Their relationship has become a sad reminder that you can have it all and still have nothing.
Small Funny Things: The Subversive Gift of Tim Conway
Tim Conway shone a ray of light in a dark world by doing small things with great laughter.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “All I Care about Is Love” (Episode 6)
The tragedy of Bob Fosse was that however good he was at what he did—and he was very, very, very good—he never felt good enough.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “Where Am I Going?” (Episode 5)
It’s not excusing his hurtful, hedonistic behavior to observe that something is broken inside Bob Fosse.
Fosse/Verdon Recap, “Glory” (Episode 4)
What will “going on” for Fosse look like, and is it possible to do more than just “go on” the way he has been?
