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Max Lindenman
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Max Lindenman, a Phoenix-based freelance writer, is a connossieur of dark and strange places. After a stint teaching ESOL in Mainland China, and another studying in Moscow during the decadent Yeltsin years, he found his way into the subprime mortgage industry. Following a conversion experience, he resolved to enter the Catholic Church, and was received over Easter of 2008. Follow Max on facebook.
Works by Max Lindenman
An Open Letter to the Editor Who Fired Mark Shea
Max Lindenman | August 22, 2016
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Lessons from Erdoğan's Victory
Max Lindenman | July 18, 2016
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Mamma Mia! Emergency Baptism at 30,000 Feet
Max Lindenman | May 27, 2016
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My First Orthodox Liturgy: A Blast for A Rainy Day
Max Lindenman | April 30, 2016
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Bursa Suicide Bombing and the Return of History
Max Lindenman | April 29, 2016
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Amoris Laetitia and the Family Road Trip
Max Lindenman | April 24, 2016
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A Little Blood Never Hurt Anyone
Max Lindenman | April 21, 2016
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Je Suis -- I mean, Ich bin ein Jan Böhmermann
Max Lindenman | April 19, 2016
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Muslim Student's Grounding Proves We're Getting to Know...
Max Lindenman | April 18, 2016
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Keeping My Brother -- Exp. Not Nec. but a +
Max Lindenman | April 14, 2016
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Max Lindenman | March 31, 2016
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Max Lindenman | March 28, 2016
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Was I There When They Crucified My Lord? Well...
Max Lindenman | March 25, 2016
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St. Joseph: Patron of Crawlers and Scramblers
Max Lindenman | March 20, 2016
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Lent for the Reluctant Ascetic
Max Lindenman | January 26, 2016
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Max Lindenman | January 20, 2016
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Max Lindenman | January 11, 2016
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Farewell to Miss Florence King (1936-2016)
Max Lindenman | January 07, 2016
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Is It Time for A Moral Panic over Pornography?
Max Lindenman | January 06, 2016
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Girls at the Altar: Decompressing A Condensed Symbol
Max Lindenman | January 03, 2016
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Max Lindenman | January 02, 2016
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The Witness of Larycia Hawkins: Too Much Solidarity, Not...
Max Lindenman | December 21, 2015
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Max Lindenman | December 19, 2015
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Why Grow Up When You Can Be Christian?
Max Lindenman | December 18, 2015
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An Evening with Our Lady of Guadalupe
Max Lindenman | December 12, 2015
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Remembrance of Sins Past: Book 341
Max Lindenman | December 11, 2015
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Advent's Lesson: Redemption Ain't All Cyrus and Second...
Max Lindenman | December 11, 2015
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Max Lindenman | December 10, 2015
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Max Lindenman | December 08, 2015
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Tales from A Runner, Shy of Virtue
Max Lindenman | November 30, 2015
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Story of A Thanksgiving Mugging
Max Lindenman | November 26, 2015
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Refugees and Bart Simpson's Paradox
Max Lindenman | November 23, 2015
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ISIS Should Get Its Own Patheos Channel
Max Lindenman | November 21, 2015
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Max Lindenman | November 17, 2015
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Jean Ousset: The Wit and Wisdom of A Wingnut
Max Lindenman | November 16, 2015
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Contra Mindy Selmys: Anger Isn't Always Hatred
Max Lindenman | November 15, 2015
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In Paris: Christ Crucified or Avenging Angels?
Max Lindenman | November 14, 2015
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Starbucks and the Red Cup of Conquest
Max Lindenman | November 12, 2015
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For Veterans' Day: Reflections on the Field-Hospital...
Max Lindenman | November 12, 2015
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Nicholas Christakis: Too Much Obsequiousness Is A...
Max Lindenman | November 11, 2015
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Max Lindenman | November 10, 2015
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On All Souls' Day: A Plenary Indulgence for Dad
Max Lindenman | November 05, 2015
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Generation Win: LGBT-Rights Supporters and Those Mad...
Max Lindenman | November 04, 2015
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The Race and "Mean God Syndrome"
Max Lindenman | November 02, 2015
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The Tragic Case of the Catholic Theologians and the...
Max Lindenman | November 02, 2015
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Video: Death Comes with Ice Cream
Max Lindenman | October 27, 2015
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Max Lindenman | October 25, 2015
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Video: The Nymph of the Swimming Pool
Max Lindenman | October 19, 2015
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"Radical Loneliness" and the Parable of the Frozen Octopus
Max Lindenman | October 17, 2015
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Two Vital Announcements from Your Wimpy Catholic
Max Lindenman | October 14, 2015
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Max Lindenman | October 16, 2014
For the living, easy access to the precincts of the dead is a priceless resource. What......
Farewell to Hitchens, Mighty Goat Among Sheep
Max Lindenman | December 20, 2011
Whatever Hitchens himself might have had to say on the subject, he possessed all the raw......
Can Complainers Gather Between Heaven and Mirth?
Max Lindenman | December 06, 2011
Joy and laughter serve truth well, but can a little complaining, with a topspin of......
Max Lindenman | October 24, 2011
Embracing Catholicism eventually means confronting the slings and arrows of Catholic......
Max Lindenman | October 16, 2011
Dueling days are past, but let's imagine how some of today's busiest and best-read......
Ignatius Reilly: Catholic of Tomorrow, Today
Max Lindenman | October 09, 2011
John Kennedy Toole's 1980 Pulitzer Prize Winner anticipated 21st-century Catholicism in......
Max Lindenman | September 25, 2011
It's okay to teach hell to kids. The evidence shows they can take it....
Max Lindenman | September 18, 2011
The more at home I feel in my Father's house, the more likely I am to stick around....
Learning to Love the Post-9/11 World
Max Lindenman | September 11, 2011
Ten years spent waiting for the other shoe to drop has made some of us experts in......
The Care and Feeding of the Adult Convert
Max Lindenman | September 04, 2011
God is not finished with any of us....
RCIA Sponsorship: The Littlest Way
Max Lindenman | August 21, 2011
Sacrifices and rewards of spending a few hours each week with an RCIA candidate are......
Fr. Bourgeois and the Romance of Rebellion
Max Lindenman | August 14, 2011
The maverick's image gratifies America's culture of individualism. But the Catholic......
New Old-Time Religion: Catholicism in Evangelical Clothing
Max Lindenman | August 08, 2011
Catholics in America's Bible Belt are learning the lingo of fundamentalism. Will it......
Max Lindenman | July 31, 2011
The untimely death of a talented person is never a happy occasion, but over time, at......
Archbishop Chaput: Of the People, Perhaps for the Times
Max Lindenman | July 24, 2011
If Chaput's strategy shows vision, his mastery of the details hints at an admirable......
Gay Marriage and Framing the Church's Message
Max Lindenman | June 27, 2011
As gay marriage becomes legal in New York State, the Catholic Church may have to find......
Max Lindenman | June 20, 2011
Where sacraments end, showmanship begins. Now, we have priests morphing into growling......
St. Francis, My Father, and Me
Max Lindenman | June 12, 2011
Perhaps urged on by Francis, a son reaches through the ether of memory -- beyond the......
Fr. Shawn Ratigan: Catching a Creep in the Circle of Grace
Max Lindenman | June 05, 2011
Bishop Finn’s response to warnings about a “creepy” priest earns a D. Though we now have......
To Catholic Singles: Stay Selfish
Max Lindenman | May 29, 2011
For Catholics, elasticity is one of the great perks of permanent singlehood. In distinct......
Max Lindenman | May 22, 2011
About to launch a blog of his own, a writer and former blog-combox terror ponders issues......
Max Lindenman | May 15, 2011
There's something about knowing an awful story about the person beside you, and......
Max Lindenman | May 08, 2011
When examining your conscience prior to confession, try to work in a punch line....
To My Mother, the Reluctant Catholic: A Mother's Day...
Max Lindenman | May 08, 2011
How the ingrained values of a former Catholic mother influenced her son church-ward. An......
Pope John Paul II's Beatification: What's In It for Me?
Max Lindenman | May 01, 2011
In this conflict-wracked world, sometimes a semblance of peace, a fragile consensus, is......
The Men in the Gray Flannel Soutanes
Max Lindenman | April 24, 2011
The Church's clerical leadership has surrendered a large share of its credibility, and......
Max Lindenman | April 17, 2011
Why become a Catholic? Why remain a Catholic? For some it's the bells and smells, for......
Olmsted and I: Bishops and Bogeymen
Max Lindenman | April 10, 2011
A chance encounter with a bishop demolishes a media-construct and leaves the writer......
Mummies, Miracles and Dry, Dry Bones
Max Lindenman | April 08, 2011
The "incorruptible bodies" of some Catholic saints have had a little help from a world......
Catholics Need Their Own "Book of Mormon"
Max Lindenman | April 03, 2011
Catholics now form a cultural minority. Turning to victim-identity politics and adopting......
Fr. Corapi: Death of Irony, Limits of Tragedy
Max Lindenman | March 27, 2011
A childlike understanding of Cosmic Irony becomes reconciled to the reality of a God who......
Nine Types of Catholic Commenters
Max Lindenman | March 24, 2011
Catholicism is often a squabbling family and the life of faith doesn't cure human......
Max Lindenman | March 22, 2011
John Paul II told us to cast out into the deep. Pope Benedict wisely promotes doing so......
Subprime Speaks to the Priesthood
Max Lindenman | March 14, 2011
The subprime catastrophe may sound a cautionary note to the Catholic priesthood: once......
The Hidden Twinship of Jack Chick and Flannery O'Connor
Max Lindenman | March 07, 2011
Though unevenly matched in either wit or craft, Flannery O'Connor and Jack Chick shared......
Max Lindenman | February 28, 2011
No hook-ups but no long-term ego-busts; nice Catholic girls teach tenderness and the......
Braving Rabbinic Waters to Reveal Body and Blood
Max Lindenman | February 25, 2011
A study of ancient rabbinic writing marries ancient Presences to new, and exposes the......
Braving Rabbinic Waters to Reveal Body and Blood
Max Lindenman | February 24, 2011
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Max Lindenman | February 21, 2011
Directing a Semitic fist of rage in every available direction provides a curious......
Max Lindenman | February 14, 2011
Pondering the reckless genuine piety of nuns, the mysteries of discernment, juicy......
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