SLHour: Transubstantiation

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Salt + Light Media

Can you believe in the Real Presence and not believe in Transubstantiation? This week, author and theologian Brett Salkeld explains.

Artistic Purgatory

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mark Matthews

Living in Hollywood, I’ve seen a number of aspiring actors come and go over the nine years I’ve lived here. Many were zealous Catholics wanting to make a difference in our media culture. Surviving here is difficult though, and many find themselves in the unfortunate state of artistic purgatory – a prolonged time of limbo […]

Create in Me a Clean Heart

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Mark Matthews

One of the benefits of living in the craziest city in America is meeting some of the craziest people in America. A memorable example was a couple years ago at a friend of a friend’s birthday party. Making small talk with a woman I just met, “So what do you do for a living?” “Oh, […]

What’s Good in Hollywood: Bibles-N-Brew

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Mark Matthews

We all know of the rising popularity of “micro-breweries”, but have you heard of “micro-ministries”? I’ve been brewing faith out of my living room with a “micro-ministry” for the past seven years. It’s a little flavor I started called Bibles-N-Brew. Bibles-N-Brew is a group of Christian men that meet in my living room every other […]

True Masculinity

Monday, July 20, 2015

Mark Matthews

In many of my personal encounters in Hollywood, I meet men looking for validation – seeking to satisfy a voice that asks, “Are you a true man?” But looking to answer that question in the entertainment industry is probably not the best place. That explains much of the craziness here. But for a Catholic man […]

The Heart of Dating

Monday, May 25, 2015

Salt + Light Media

As a single Canadian man transplanted into Los Angeles, I’m morbidly interested in the dysfunctional dating culture here. We have perhaps the highest density of young adults anywhere, yet the most bemoaning and anguish of those unable to find love. Countless stories of bad dating manners and gender role dysfunction abound. Not surprising then to […]

It’s Not About Glory

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Mark Matthews

by Mark J. Matthews, SLHour‘s Hollywood Undercover Missionary I was recently reflecting on the Passion narrative when a line jumped out at me. As Peter is about to strike the high priest’s servant with a sword, Christ reprimands him and says: “Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father and he will not […]

“Wassup en LA?” is your family-friendly TV

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Deacon Pedro

by Mark Matthews, Undercover Hollywood Missionary When Carlos De la Vega decided he wanted to become a filmmaker rather than an engineer, he didn’t let lack of funds stop him. A native of Nicaragua, he went back home and wrote a script that his people could relate to. The result was Los Gallos no Lloran […]