My monthly dispatch on Substack (Aug. 30, 2026)…
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I was recently invited onto the AMDG Podcast to talk about my conversion to Catholicism, and how the academic study of media ecology informed (and was informed by) that process.
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Starting a new writing habit—short handwritten poems that I’m calling vinaigrettes. One per week. The goal is not “content creation” but to instantiate a prayerful literary practice, and form, that both abides and rebuffs algorithmic culture. Here’s the first.
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(my latest at Christian Scholar’s Review)
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This new collection by Integratio Press is edited by my friend John Dunaway (PhD Duke University, longtime prof at Mercer U), and includes two entries by yours truly.
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Making some connections between faith, media, and imagination for the Jesuit Media Lab…
“When asked in an interview what the Catholic faith meant to him, McLuhan replied, ‘Prayer and paying attention.’ I can’t imagine a more Ignatian response, nor a better antidote to the disorientation wrought by modern media ecologies. It’s how we find God in all things.”
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What do George Vanderbilt, King Tut, and Jesus have in common? Is there anything to learn from it? I wrote this (admittedly strange) piece after my wife and I visited Biltmore House during Christmas. Hopefully it’s somewhat illuminative.
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