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June 2017

June 20, 2017

Completely Gratuitous, Unnecessary, Badly Written Gay Content

Every couple of months or so there's a minor panic on Catholic social media about...

June 12, 2017

Idolatry, Religion and the Creative Process

A couple of weeks ago, I was walking through the park with a friend of...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Another One of Those Irregular Verbs: I Reason, You Opine, He/She Rationalizes

Yesterday over at Crisis, Fr. Longenecker has a piece about why the Benedict Option may...

May 26, 2017

Thou Shalt Not Be Gay

It makes my blood boil when people claim that there is no homophobic discrimination in...

May 23, 2017

It Is Happening Again…

Cliffhangers are the worst. You wait, and you wait, and you wait all week, wondering...

May 06, 2017

The Tree of Life, Epistemology, My NFP Book, and Prayer Request

It's come to my attention that I have a deep-seated, possibly but not necessarily disordered,...

May 05, 2017

Is American Christianity an Ideology or a Culture?

You actually do have a literal culture war going on where the two most prominent...

May 04, 2017

Are Women Being Denied the Truth About NFP?

Jane the Actuary has recently posted on the problem of young people receiving inaccurate information...

May 04, 2017

Benedict Option: Do We Need A Catholic Bubble in the Universal Church?

I've seen a lot of hate poured out on the idea that Christians should seek...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Call No Parent Happy ’til They’re Dead

Every Catholic parent wants to know: how do you raise perfect kids who will remain...

April 12, 2017

Pokemon: Gateway to Magic!

Recently, a friend on FaceBook posted a picture of her son's Pokemon cards. It was...

April 11, 2017

For Chechnya: a prayer

As a queer Christian blogger, I suppose I should have something to say about the...

April 11, 2017

Sanctimony Wars

Mary Pezzulo over at Steel Magnificat has written an excellent piece about the problem with...

April 05, 2017

A Cure For What Fails Ya: The Legacy of Sexual Orientation Change Therapies

With the recent death of Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Catholic media has seen a small wave...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Is Progress a Religion?

“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives...

March 29, 2017

To All You Whiny Snowflakes Who *Need* an Epidural

Several days ago, I put up a post about gradualism and NFP. In the com-box,...

March 27, 2017

Review: My Life with the Saints (by Fr. James Martin)

I'm usually not a big fan of contemporary writing about the Saints. I like the...

March 26, 2017

Do You Have All Six Yet?

Spring sale! All my books are currently available for 30% off or better at amazon.com...

March 21, 2017

Is NFP Marriage Building?

One of the great mysteries of NFP literature is the claim that natural family planning...

March 21, 2017

Panic! There’s a Man in the Ladies’ Room

Recently, there's been a story circulating about a man – a guy who is obviously...

March 13, 2017

Pregnancy, Gender Dysphoria, and the Pill

A while back, I posted a link to the talk that I gave about gender...

March 09, 2017

It’s Lent, American Civilization is Crumbling, Let’s Talk About Zombies

Today, while watching a horde of crazy children, trying to conquer the laundry monster, and...

March 01, 2017

I’m Gonna Give Up Being Right for Lent

Every Lent I try to come up with something interesting and fruitful to do apart...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Loving Milo Yiannopoulos

This week we witnessed the very sudden decline and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos as an...

February 16, 2017

Conservatives vs. Liberals: Who Are the Real Catholics?

Several years ago, I was involved in a frustrating and interminable exchange about Catholic sexual...

February 13, 2017

8 Ways to Tell When Someone Is Playing the Victim

Several years ago I entered into correspondence with someone who, it seemed at the time,...

February 09, 2017

The Blood-Dimmed Tide is Loosed

Several years ago, I wrote a piece for First Things where I opined that a...

February 05, 2017

Selective Skepticism

Yesterday I read a comment by 3vil5triker on my post Is Heaven for Real? My...

February 01, 2017

Is Heaven for Real?

Colton Burpo, the boy featured in the story Heaven is for Real, is a child who...

February 01, 2017

Open Wombs, Closed Borders?

There are basically three reasons I know of why a person is likely to be...

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