As we move into the darkest season of the calendar year, daylight runs in short supply, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, where The Other Journal makes its home. By the time the winter solstice arrives, we’ll experience about eight and a half hours of daylight, with plenty of thick, low-hanging clouds to obscure our rare […]
In this interview, James Alison speaks with us about his work on the issue of sexuality and how he attempts to create a dialogical space around this topic in his Catholic context.
Amy Scheer writes about love and legalism in a Michigan homeless shelter.
Christians are called to be present with our neighbors in times of violence, but such presence requires more than a nod to solidarity or a word of encouragement here or there—being present requires repenting of our past failures of witness and allowing that repentance to shape us.
In this essay, Villegas suggests that through worship we are invited to let the Holy Spirit form us into an assemblage of priests, subverting hierarchies of power and always making space for new people to express the good news in our lives.
Breaking up is hard to do. John Totten addresses music as a method for regulating distressing emotions in the context of broken attachments, specifically regarding his own “relationship” with the music of classic rock genre benders Steely Dan.
TOJ’s Music Editor, John Totten, sat down in a seedy Wyoming hotel room with singer/songwriter Eric Earley to discuss the darkness of Americana and Blitzen Trapper’s new album, “American Goldwing.” Live tour footage from a Blitzen Trapper show at the Seasons Performance Hall in Yakima, WA is included.
Blitzen Trapper is a rock band from Portland, OR. We sat down in a seedy Wyoming hotel room with singer/songwriter Eric Earley to discuss the darkness of Americana and the new album American Goldwing. Live tour footage from a Blitzen Trapper show at the Seasons Performance Hall in Yakima, WA is included.
