Espresso in the fall sunshine before teaching early Christian art class. Gotta note the good days when they happen!

Bye for now 👋 Gonna delete this app for a while. Everybody take care of yourselves and each other! And also: only vote for candidates who will concede if they lose -- that's the bare minimum to have a democracy 🇺🇸

The December issue is here! Feat. - Jon Malesic on art and attention - James Chappel on W. H. Auden - Michael Peppard on Marian art - The Editors on Trump's return to the White House - Gerald W. Schlabach on honorable surrender & more! commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2024-11…

'Clothed With the Sun' Michael Peppard journeys through the long history of Marian art across time and space: commonwealmagazine.org/clothed-sun

"I was forced to reckon with a vexing question for a biblical scholar: In what ways are these images of Mary biblical?" — Michael Peppard commonwealmagazine.org/clothed-sun

Being honest and earnest: I really hope this new book can bridge between the scholar's desk and the church's pews. Have a look, read a chapter or two, and let me know what you think ... global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Deeply honored by these words about my new book, from a living legend of Catholic theology. What I've always admired about her is that she knows the trails of tradition better than anyone, even as she explores its frontiers. New book here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

As we approach "Three Kings Day," have you ever wondered how the "magi" or "wise men" became "kings?" Short excerpt from my new book in this week's The Tablet thetablet.co.uk/features/befor…

Embedded in the #Epiphany narrative are 3 truths that should make Christian nationalists tremble: 1. true greatness is not found in gilded palaces but stinky stables as God chooses to be with us, especially those on the margins. Do we seek God with the Gold or in the poor? 1/2

Some lovely books I’m reading by Roger Nam Michael Peppard Yii-Jan Lin and James W. barker for upcoming interviews on the Data Over Dogma Podcast podcast. If only my schedule weren’t such a mess.

Thanks to Commonweal Commonweal Magazine for having me on their podcast to talk about my new book 😊 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts … commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/when-g…

It’s long been a truism that Catholics don’t actually read the Bible — at least not as much or in the same way as their Protestant brethren. But they still encounter it. An interview with our friend Michael Peppard: commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/when-g…

Flashback Letterman: Where are the shirts made? Trump: Bangladesh. We employ people in Bangladesh. They have to work too. Donald Trump has always been a con artist and a fraud

I zoomed in to see what page of the Gospels is open for the oath at the conclave. It's from Matthew 4, when Jesus calls his first disciples. Hands are being placed on the spot where Jesus calls his first follower: "Simon, who is called Peter." Nice touch. #conclave #conclave2025

Meanwhile at the Vatican. #ChicagoHistory 👈

A mesmerizing new production of Richard Strauss’s Salome at the Metropolitan Opera offers viewers a violent, mind-bending staging of the biblical texts. Michael Peppard reviews: commonwealmagazine.org/dancing-free

First-time opera critic here, but I couldn't resist seeing how the new Metropolitan Opera production of Salome would imagine the characters and drama between the lines of the biblical story. Let me know what you think ...

"By the opera’s final words, when Herod commands the second of two lust-driven murders, we are left contemplating the psychological origins of the characters’ sins—and our own." Michael Peppard on the Metropolitan Opera's 'Salome': commonwealmagazine.org/dancing-free

For NYC region friends -- doing a short talk and book signing for my new book tonight at Ascension Catholic Church, on W 107th near Broadway -- come check it out!