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March 2015

March 18, 2015

No, Christianity’s Not Eurocentric (But You Kind Of Are)

I was recently called eurocentric, in that I am a-okay with Christians hopping over to...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Fury and Catholicity

ISIS beheaded 21 Coptic Christians. Surely it is time to dust off the war psalms...

January 2015

January 24, 2015

The Difference Between a Renaming and a Baptism

In my last essay, The Blessings of Secularism, I received a blessing of some excellent...

January 21, 2015

The Blessings of Secularism

I first cared about being Catholic, not out of any profound love for the person...

January 05, 2013

The BadCatholic Drinking Game

I got this from a reader today. It's awesome. I cannot be held responsible for...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

An Attempt to Explain Christianity to Atheists In a Manner That Might Not Freak Them Out

Between being told that Christianity is a system of oppression, a complex way to justify...

April 2012

April 17, 2012

Why I Believe In God

I believe in God because the Jews terrify me. The atheistic explanation of religious belief...

February 2012

February 10, 2012

How the Catholic Church Became Cool Overnight

Having tested the waters of agnosticism, the general culture, and a whole host of personal...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

So, remember that time I invited David Crowder to become Catholic?

Yeah, that might have been redundant. I'm happy as can be, and praying for Mr....

January 19, 2012

I Was Waiting for the Perfect Video…

...to rebut that Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus Video. I think I found...

January 16, 2012

An Open Invitation To David Crowder To Join the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church

Dear Mr. Crowder, Thanks to your fine work, I find myself in one of the...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

5 More Things No One Knows Are Ridiculously Catholic, But Should

A mild follow-up to the unbelievably spicy 5 Things No One Knows Are Ridiculously Catholic,...

October 2011

October 13, 2011

Ripples From The Rock

If I had but one sermon to preach it would be this: The ripples are...

October 12, 2011

Our Stubbornly Resistant Church

The problem with writing post-sized posts is that I always have essay-sized new ideas while...

October 07, 2011

Real Confession

Confession is the best. I am absolutely convinced of this fact because the sacrament is...

July 2011

July 11, 2011

Catholicism: Making Rockstars Since 36 A.D.

"When people have told me that because I am a Catholic, I cannot be an...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

The Crookedhart Emails – Re: You’re an Idiot

Dear Rothoof, There's just no other way to say it: You are an inadequate excuse...

April 2011

April 01, 2011

Because the Church Is Too Powerful

The second issue for me is the institution... the Catholic church... it had and still...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

Because I’m Terrified

Why am I not Catholic? Because I still have theological issues to work out. I...

January 2011

January 23, 2011

Do Something Crazy

Wear a hairshirt. Get a backpack full of rocks and run to your church. Organize...

December 2010

December 09, 2010

Culturally Catholic, Baby.

Culture baby, culture: The Oberammergau Passion Play Being the hardcore Catholic folk that you are,...

November 2010

November 22, 2010

Our Badass Faith

I'm sure you folks have already had a gander at this 'un, but have a...

November 08, 2010

Dear Protestants #2 – Why We Should Fight

It doesn't help that it's incoherent, either. Really? The long withstanding hatred between peace and...

November 01, 2010

Dear Protestants #1 — Reconciliation

Protestants, do you know why we Catholics go to reconciliation? Do you know why we confess our...