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September 2015

September 28, 2015

Sex and Simulacrum

I want to talk about the relationship between gender and "essential" masculinity/femininity, but before I...

September 25, 2015

Is the Pope Catholic?

Pope Francis has arrived in America, and of course the internet is awash with the...

September 21, 2015

Catholicism as a Second Language

When someone converts to Catholicism, they will always bring with them certain habits of thought...

September 19, 2015

5 Great Books That Nobody Will Publish

Trigger warning: This post contains jokes.

September 15, 2015

You Won’t Believe What This Man Has on His Head (Okay, spoiler. It’s a snake.)

I am legit way too tired to produce a real post with, like, content. So...

September 06, 2015

Is Spiritual Friendship Code for Gay Unions?

I'm reading Rachel Lu's essay critiquing Spiritual Friendship in Living the Truth in Love: Pastoral...

September 05, 2015

A Pastoral Challenge: 10 Arguments About Gay Identity

I honestly hoped that I would never have to write ever again about the question...

September 04, 2015

And For What We Have Failed to Do: On Syria’s Refugees

By now, we've probably all seen the tragic photographs of 3 yr old Aylan Kurdi...

September 02, 2015

Currently on my reading shelf

One of my favourite things about being a Catholic writer is doing book reviews. Basically,...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

Tabletop Gaming: Why You Should Give Boardgames Another Try

Most people, when they think of boardgames, will summon to mind a couple of fairly...

August 28, 2015

I and Thou: Orthodox Theology of Marriage

"Orthodoxy considers both the unitive and procreative aspects of marriage to be important. Yet it...

August 26, 2015

Sadomasochism, Satan and Same-Sex Attraction

Consider two very different same-sex attracted Catholic men...

August 25, 2015

Why We’re All Such Jerks to Deacon Jim

Deacon Russell has recently explained why he's such a jerk to gay people – or...

August 25, 2015

Dear Deacon Jim

This is my immediate, off the cuff reply to Deacon Jim's article. My full, and...

August 24, 2015

Can I Write Smut?

A friend on Twitter asked me about how Catholic writers ought to deal with sexual...

August 22, 2015

Perfect Scandal: Why Good Role Models Are Bad

Over the past couple of days I've been trying to develop a more sober response...

August 19, 2015

A Nice Post About Ducks

Okay, so full disclosure: this post is mostly just an excuse to post pictures of...

August 18, 2015

A Crisis in a Teapot: Why Gay Catholics Can Never Be Good Enough

I am absolutely sick to death of Crisis Magazine's hit-pieces against the small handful of...

August 13, 2015

Trans and Catholic: An Interview with Aoife Assumpta Hart

I've talked before about the importance of including trans people in the Christian conversation. On...

August 12, 2015

Sell Everything

Material goods really are good. There’s nothing wrong with riches, only with attachment to riches....

August 11, 2015

Buy Nothing

God demands a tithe of time. Material goods, if allowed to do so, will consume...

August 11, 2015

A Pirate’s Confession and Others

I just recently found out that I'm one of the finalists for the Tuscany Prize...

August 07, 2015

The Great Canadian Leadership Debate

Today, the internet is abuzz with talk of last night's political debate. I'm making things...

August 05, 2015

What Would Jesus Click?

Good Catholics will tend to stop and check themselves before clicking on “Check Out These...

August 05, 2015

The Folly of Intellect: A Demon’s Reflections

It has come to my attention that there is some concern amongst certain of the...

August 04, 2015

Planned Parenthood: Wait a Second. Isn’t That An Oxymoron?

In our present culture we generally assume that pregnancies are supposed to be planned and...

August 03, 2015

Holy Moral Relativism Batman!

Way back at the height of the Enlightenment there was a test administered which “proved”...

August 02, 2015

The Ideal of Sodom

Dmitri Karamazov, in the "Confessions of an Ardent Heart in Verse," rants with great feeling...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Wanna Feel Mad!?! Click on THIS

I've blogged a lot over the years about the mercilessness of some right-wing Christians (particularly...

July 30, 2015

A Great Post on Transgender — From the Last Place I Would Have Expected It

This is a really fantastic and detailed article on transgender and intersex science -- from...

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