It may just be the hope we need: that the Christ who lives is on the move; that the Christ who lives is alive in the world around us; that while we celebrate the resurrection inside our churches, the Body of Christ is alive and well and walking outside our walls.

What's behind all the hooting and hollering over the Obama Administration's contraception initiative? Why is it that even some progressive pundits are arguing for more deference to the Catholic Bishops on an issue that's not even about religious freedom, but women's health?

For many of us, O Brother was part of a musical education. It helped extend an important Twentieth Century musical legacy into the Twenty-First Century.