holiday shopping

I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go to malls dressed as Jesus, and I like to then walk around the mall and go, “No! No! This wasn’t what it was supposed to be about, people!” — Marc Maron, comedian

Christmas Time, Anytime

The liturgical season can often seem out of sync with the rest of popular society. With insane hurricanes and contentious political theater unraveling across the…

Epiphany in Peoria

There was something very Miracle on 34th Street about Peoria’s new mall. Opening just before the holidays, the “open-air lifestyle center” promised to recreate the…