Archive - SDG’s Dailies & Sundays

The Phish fan and the jukebox

[an intergenerational Asher Perlman cartoon gag]

23 hrs ago •

What does it mean to know God?

Where do we even begin with prayer?

Feb 7 •

Plant and animal sex, what Aquinas and Aristotle didn’t know—and how it still affects our language

[yes, flowers DO produce eggs…plus a Marian coda!]

Feb 5 •

All Things SDG is now SDG’s Dailies & Sundays!

[a re-introduction]

Feb 3 •

January 2025

One year on, say goodbye to All Things SDG…

[an announcement]

Jan 29 •

Calvin & Hobbes Sunday: Do you want to build a snowman?

[silence speaks, part 2: a Cartoon Critic appreciation]

Jan 26 •

English fun facts: Deciduous and supernumerary

[What links trees and Opus Dei? The answer has to do with teeth!]

Jan 25 •

How would you define Christianity?

[brief thoughts on a big question]

Jan 22 •

Wine runs out, wildfires run amok: Living in hope

Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time 2025

Jan 19 •

What goes (or doesn’t) without saying

[the APOPHATIC and the CATAPHATIC!]

Jan 16 •

Heavenly obituary cartoons and Jimmy Carter tributes, ranked

LONGREAD: Obituary cartoons as “reverse icons”—or the real thing

Jan 14 •

Silence speaks: A Cartoon Critic essay

Lessions in what is not said from Jimmy Craig’s “They Can Talk” animals strips

Jan 10 •

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