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May 05, 2009

A Lovely Listen

This is perhaps the most lovely, sad, and honest account of a lapsed Catholic that I've heard in a long time. Listen to this episode of This American Life, and jump ahead to minute 37:45 to listen to Dan Savage talk about his mother, himself, and the church. You won't regret it.

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Beano

I heard it on Sunday- amazing.

Posted by: Beano | May 05, 2009 at 01:20 PM

Gretchen

I think Dan's mother is still trying to take care of him. She must be calling him into the church and I predict that one of these days Dan will find Jesus again. Pray for him...or think of him.

Posted by: Gretchen | May 06, 2009 at 07:45 PM

Dale

Yeah, I'll admit I had a few tears when I was listening to this in the car this morning, esp. considering this is my first Mother's Day without any mother obligations.

Posted by: Dale | May 09, 2009 at 07:31 PM

(the other) Savage

I thought that this was just lovely....I caught the rebroadcast of This American Life at our local theatre last week...and the whole audience clapped at the end of this piece.

Posted by: (the other) Savage | May 11, 2009 at 12:15 PM

aj

i had listened to this the other day and thought the exact same thing. if i had a blog i would have posted it.

Posted by: aj | May 17, 2009 at 08:41 PM

Jessica

I LOVED this Act--cried the whole time!

Posted by: Jessica | June 15, 2009 at 04:12 PM

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