“Broken Mary” is about Chicago’s most popular deejay—his rise to fame, loss, redemption by Christ, healing, and new ministry. He now goes by “Mary’s roadie.”
Fiennes’s choirmaster tells us we should listen to music, read poetry, and look at beautiful paintings, daily. Beauty anchors one’s connection to the divine.
Seeing Thompson stitch a bullet wound, press-check a Glock, and keep kicking after getting nailed with a high-caliber bolt-action rifle is surprisingly fun.
“Looking Through Water” reminds us that in tribal life, the grandfather and grandson were considered spiritual brothers. Neither of them understand the father.
