Our God who Grieves: BBC’s Father Brown, Unexpected Tears, and Jesus

August 2, 2017 / Kiersti Giron / Burning Sky, Call the Midwife, characters, England, faith

My newest favorite BBC TV show is the cozy mystery series Father Brown, based on the character created by author G.K. Chesterton. He reminds me of a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Father Tim of the Mitford books, this balding, kindly priest with equally incorrigible compassion for lost sheep and taste for a good mystery. […]

BBC TV, Father Brown, grief

Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, and Me

May 29, 2014 / Kiersti Giron / Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey, fun, story, writing

Special Note: Stay tuned for a special “same day blog” with Jennifer Major next week! And now, for our current program… For the first time in my life, I’m following a couple of current TV series. I’ve been watching through PBS online or Amazon Prime streaming, as we have neither cable nor a […]