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Bernie Pilarski[Opinion] [Nonfiction] [Comics] [Short] [Poem] [Essay] OpinionBernie's Wine List (2002-08-31) op_ed Halloween Hollerin' (2002-10-25) op_ed T-3, A Must See Summer Movie (2003-07-07) op_ed Movie Review Pirates of the Caribbean: Still Waters Run Depp (2003-07-14) op_ed Movie Review Lack of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Save Your Cash (2003-07-14) op_ed Movie Review Seabiscuit: A Big Movie That Included the Little Horse (2003-07-28) op_ed Movie Review Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2: Lara, Please Shoot the Director (2003-08-11) op_ed Movie Review Secondhand Lions: Old Fashioned Fun at the Bijou (2003-10-06) op_ed Movie Review A MUSING: Descartes (2004-07-03) op_ed humor philosophy Notes From the Office 02 (2007-10-01) opinion humor Notes From the Office 11: Sign of the Times (2008-12-29) opinion essay Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (2009-02-23) movie review Dubai Dilemma (2009-03-23) editorial The Day the Earth Fell Asleep : DVD Review (2009-05-18) DVD movie review "The Day the Earth Stood Still" Notes From the Office 17: Warning -- Aliens Are On Their Way! (2009-07-20) editorial Call for Submissions Mr. Toyoda's Bastard Children (2009-08-31) editorial "economic downturn" NUMMI Apocalypse (2010-04-05) essay NUMMI closure NUMMI Apocalypse 2 (2010-06-07) editorial YOU, TOO, CAN HAVE AN OPINION...At NO COST...With NO OBLIGATION (2010-08-09) essay humor opinion "Let This Be Your Sign..." (2011-02-07) essay humor opinion oranges Religion Is Not Unreasonable (2011-09-05) essay religion and science The Novice: A Story of True Love: Book Review (2011-09-19) book review "The Novice" The Spiritual Combat: Book Review (2011-10-17) book review "The Spiritual Combat" Immortals: or It's All Greek To Me (2011-11-21) movie review "Immortals" Socrates: Book Review (2011-12-12) book review "Socrates" The New Man: Book Review (2012-02-27) book review "The New Man" The Artist: Movie Review (2012-03-05) movie review "The Artist" Madagascar 3: Movie Review (2012-06-11) movie review "Madagascar 3" Prometheus: In Space, No One Can Hear You Suck (2012-06-18) movie review "Prometheus" The Spiritual Life: Book Review (2012-07-16) book review "The Spiritual Life" The Impossible: Movie Review (2013-01-14) movie review "The Impossible" How Do Piker Press Movie Reviews Stack Up? (2013-06-10) essay movie review " RED 2: Movie Review (2013-07-22) movie review "RED2" The Power of Habit: Book Review (2013-07-29) book review "The Power of Habit" Hot Fuzz: DVD Review (2013-08-19) DVD review "Hot Fuzz" Last Night: DVD Review (2013-09-09) DVD review "Last Night" Memoir From Antproof Case: Book Review (2013-10-07) book review "Memoir From Antproof Case" Gravity - Redux: Movie Review (2013-10-21) movie review "Gravity" Saving Mr. Banks: Movie Review (2013-12-23) movie review "Saving Mr. Banks" IMHO ... Evangelization and the BBC (2014-01-13) essay belief evangelization Race Matters: Book Review (2015-01-19) book review "Race Matters" Selma: Movie Review (2015-01-26) movie review "Selma" Jupiter Ascending: Movie Review (2015-02-09) movie review "Jupiter Ascending" Dietrich Bonhoeffer, WWII, and WWJD (2015-04-13) essay opinion Gone Girl: DVD Review (2015-07-27) movie review "Gone Girl" Greatest Movies of the Century? Yes, and Emphatically No (2017-01-02) movie review Baring It All in Proxies: Essays Near Knowing (2017-06-05) book review "Proxies: Essays Near Knowing" Burning With Wood (2017-10-02) nonfiction essay Time (2017-10-09) essay philosophy[Return to the Top] NonfictionThe Nature of Forgiveness (2005-05-30) nonfiction opinion current events Classic Lemonade (2009-01-12) essay That Bad, Bad Cat: Way Off Broadway (2009-03-09) nonficiton essay spoof Re-inventing the Wheel: Bernie's Pot Pie (2012-01-16) food chicken pot pie recipe Speaking of Turkey... (2013-12-30) food leftovers Scrapple You Can Serve Your Friends (2014-03-03) food "scrapple" Kulfi: Indian Ice Cream (2014-07-21) food "kulfi ice cream" Raisin D'Etre (2014-09-22) food "raisins" Raisin D'Etre, Part Two (2014-10-06) food "raisins" Kiwifruit Jam (2015-03-09) food "kiwi jam" Baby Pictures (2015-04-27) cover story photo essay Beef Heart Stew: A Culinary Posture (2016-01-18) food Harvest Season Cookin:' Zucchini Pie (2016-07-11) food zucchini Goodness from the Garden (2016-11-14) food escargot snails Brussels Sprouts: Who Knew? (2017-02-27) food Brussels sprouts A Scrapple Sandwich You Can Serve Your Friends (2017-05-01) food scrapple sandwich Plum Tart (2018-07-09) essay food[Return to the Top] ComicsPeek of the Week 020 (2005-12-12) photo art Birds of Ripon 01 (2006-10-09) comics Birds of Ripon 02 (2006-10-16) comics Birds of Ripon 03 (2006-10-23) comics birds Birds of Ripon 04 (2006-10-30) comics birds Birds of Ripon 05 (2006-11-06) comics birds Birds of Ripon 06 (2006-11-13) comics birds Fever Dreams 116 (2006-12-11) comics Birds of Ripon 08 (2006-12-18) comics birds Birds of Ripon 09 (2007-01-01) comics birds Birds of Ripon 10 (2007-01-08) comics birds Birds of Ripon 11 (2007-01-15) comics birds Birds of Ripon 07 (2007-04-16) comics birds Peek of the Week 186 (2009-03-16) photo art Peek of the Week 267 (2010-10-11) photo art Peek of the Week 303 (2011-06-27) photo art Peek of the Week 323 (2011-11-14) photo art Peek of the Week 329 (2011-12-26) photo art Peek of the Week 355 (2012-07-02) photo art Peek of the Week 383 (2013-01-14) photo art Peek of the Week 393 (2013-03-25) photo art Peek of the Week 397 (2013-04-29) photo art Peek of the Week 415 (2013-09-09) photo art Peek of the Week 421 (2013-10-21) photo art Peek of the Week 429 (2014-09-01) photo art[Return to the Top] ShortLove and Marriage: A Shinway Tale by Mei-ling Weaver (2006-03-20) cover story short fiction humor Turn Off the Main Road: Lewistown, Pennsylvania (2007-07-16) travel On the Matter of Being Old: A Shinway Story by Mei-ling Weaver (2007-10-15) cover story short fiction humor All Things Being Equal (2015-06-08) cover story fiction relationships spirituality All Things Being Equal, Part Two (2015-08-03) cover story fiction relationships spirituality All Things Being Equal, Part Three (2015-08-24) cover story fiction relationship mistakes All Things Being Equal, Part Four (2015-09-21) cover story fiction relationships spirituality All Things Being Equal, Part Five (2015-10-19) cover story fiction relationship life All Things Being Equal, Part Six (2016-04-11) cover story fiction relationship life All Things Being Equal, Part Seven (2016-06-20) cover story fiction life love Anchorite (2017-06-19) cover story fiction spirituality The Rules (2017-12-11) cover story science fiction philosophy An Angel of the Lord Appeared Unto Him (2018-02-19) cover story fiction spirituality Taking the Plunge (2018-06-18) cover story fiction spirituality That Thing in Reno (2018-08-06) cover story fiction relationships Hot August Nights Forgotten Things (2019-03-11) cover story fiction life love Piker Press Headline News (2019-04-01) fiction humor When the World Gives you Avocados ... (2019-04-29) food avocados An Elephant in the Room (2020-04-06) cover story fiction life Confession (2020-05-04) cover story fiction spirituality Picture This (2021-04-19) fiction life[Return to the Top] PoemPoetry Writ Bad (2014-01-06) poem unrhymed Qu'est ce que je sais? (2016-03-28) poem rhymed Sonnet I (2019-08-19) poem rhymed Sonnet II (2019-10-07) poem rhymed Sonnet III (2019-12-02) poem rhymed Sonnet IV (2019-12-30) poem rhymed Sonnet V (2020-02-03) poem rhymed Sonnet VI (2020-03-02) poem rhymed[Return to the Top] EssayReflections on Lenten Activities (2014-03-03) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 2 (2014-03-10) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 3 (2014-03-17) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 4 (2014-03-24) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 5 (2014-03-31) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 6 (2014-04-07) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 7 (2014-04-14) essay column spirituality Reflections on Lenten Activities 8 (2014-04-21) essay column spirituality Aging Gracefully (2015-01-12) essay cars age Lent and the Pharaoh (2015-02-16) essay spirituality Lent Pasta the Point of No Return (2015-04-06) essay food philosophy When Life Gives You A Drought... (2015-04-20) food "lemon kulfi" What Do I Know 2 (2017-07-17) essay life What Do I Know 3 (2017-09-11) essay religion spirituality What Do I Know 4 (2017-10-16) essay philosophy I Could Eat the Tripe If I Had To (2018-03-26) essay food What Do I Know 5 (2018-04-16) essay life knowledge What Do I Know 6 (2018-11-12) essay death What Do I Know 7 (2019-05-20) essay funerals What Do I Know 8 (2019-12-23) essay life What Do I Know 9 (2020-04-20) essay spirituality What Do I Know 10 (2022-02-21) cover story essay opinion[Return to the Top] |
![]() Bernie Pilarski
Stained GlassStained Glass is a tale of passions and spirituality, of relationships and conversion. Paul's wife has left him, and in trying to piece together his life, he finds himself drawn to the Catholic Church — though less for the teachings than the teacher. Margaret, the beautiful young woman in charge of adult education at the local parish, captures Paul's heart.
Feeling trapped, wearied by the subterfuge, and afraid of the prejudices of a community not known for their tolerance of homosexuals, Margaret shares with Paul her story, knowing that she could lose her job if her secret is found out. Paul listens as Margaret recounts in loving detail her relationship with Mei-ling, her first love, tragically killed in an auto accident, and her relationship with CJ, the wealthy and sophisticated San Francisco art dealer who awakens Margaret's desires. Stained Glass is a fascinating and surprising look inside the Catholic Church. Based in part on the author's twenty years of experience as a catechist, it is a look at what happens when Church teachings collide with the reality of life in the modern world.
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