{"id":3330,"date":"2007-12-13T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/12\/a-jesuit-off-broadway-and-on-the-web.html"},"modified":"2007-12-13T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T08:31:00","slug":"a-jesuit-off-broadway-and-on-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/12\/a-jesuit-off-broadway-and-on-the-web.html","title":{"rendered":"A Jesuit off-Broadway, and on the web"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elsewhere, I’ve written about a particular FOB (friend of the blog), author and Jesuit celeb, James Martin. (He’s become quite the priest-about-town, even popping up on television<\/a> to chat with MCPF Stephen Colbert<\/a>. I expect to read about him in Liz Smith any day now.) <\/p>\n

Well, Jim has a new book out — “A Jesuit Off-Broadway” <\/a>— all about his experience working as a consultant with a troupe of actors to create a play about Jesus and Judas. He sent me a note the other day with a unique little video that’s been created to help promote the book. <\/p>\n

Curious? Take a look right here<\/a>. Enjoy. And then go out and buy his book<\/a>. It’s a wonderful read. (Hey, don’t take my word for it. Ask Publisher’s Weekly. They named it one of the best books of the year.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elsewhere, I’ve written about a particular FOB (friend of the blog), author and Jesuit celeb, James Martin. (He’s become quite the priest-about-town, even popping up on television to chat with MCPF Stephen Colbert. I expect to read about him in Liz Smith any day now.) 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