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January 2017

January 31, 2017

Fear and Loathing in 1984: Why Catholics Must Oppose Trump’s Immigration Policy

One of the most frustrating things over the past couple of days has been watching...

January 30, 2017

The Measure of a Life: In Memory of My Sister

Last week was the 10th anniversary of my sister Kristen's death. I wrote a piece...

January 16, 2017

The Art of Being Overwhelmed

A lot of you are probably aware of the “spoon theory” of chronic illness. For...

January 11, 2017

Scripture Has Nothing New To Say to Me

Recently I was talking to a friend about various difficulties in the spiritual life, and...

January 09, 2017

Gender Dysphoria: My Talk from Q Denver

My talk from last year's Q conference is currently featured on their web-site. The main...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

When a Yes or No Question is Not a Yes or No Question

I've mostly said what I have to say about the dubia, but there is one...

December 05, 2016

Tradition Unbound – Part II

Last time on Catholic Authenticity, we were talking about development of doctrine, specifically in reference...

December 02, 2016

An Immodest Proposal

Rebecca Bratten Weiss has recently written a post about modesty culture. This is an area...

December 01, 2016

Tradition Unbound: How the Pope Changed The Church’s Theology of Marriage

The controversy over the treatment of communion for the divorced and remarried in Amoris Leatitia...

December 01, 2016

In My Greek City State…

We have a game at our house that we occasionally play as part of our...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

Sad Bad SAD

I mentioned in a fairly recent post that I suffer from seasonal depression. It's not...

November 28, 2016

Crucifixion of Desire

Is the only true way to deal with a homosexual inclination to “crucify” it? This...

November 26, 2016

The Other “N” Word

Years ago, when I moved in more traditionalist Catholic circles, I recall often encountering the...

November 24, 2016

Update on the Books I’m Writing Now

Winter has come to Canada and we're having a run of snow-days. My older kids...

November 23, 2016

Dear Rich People: Please Keep Giving Us Your Junk

It's nearing Christmas time, and an article from Aleteia is making the rounds again –...

November 18, 2016

Backseat Creator

My recent post, Wayward Creatures, dealt with one aspect of the problem of suffering –...

November 17, 2016

Transgender Awareness Week

It's transgender awareness week. A lot of my trans friends are afraid right now: it's...

November 16, 2016

Mad Makes Right

  In a recent piece, I discussed how liberal expressions of rage and fear can...

November 15, 2016

Wayward Creatures

One of the issues that arose in the comments from yesterday's post is the question...

November 14, 2016

Sola Vatican Document

Last May, the publication of Laudato Si stirred up a scandal that I've been wrestling...

November 12, 2016

An Elaborate Live Action Role Playing Game

I mentioned recently that my best friend came to visit, and that we put on...

November 12, 2016

Don’t Grieve Like That

Over the past week I've seen a lot of discussion about grief – most of...

November 11, 2016

Closing Time: For Leonard Cohen

I've never been one of those people who gets worked up about the deaths of...

November 11, 2016

Should We Fear Trump?

Obviously the answer is 'yes'. Most of the people that I know and love in...

November 10, 2016

The Dumb, White Scapegoat

A lot of my American friends are grieving the election of Donald Trump. I don't...

November 08, 2016

All Ye Need to Know About the Election

As you may have noticed, I haven't blogged much in the past month. To a...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

A President to Nourish Body and Soul

Following the recent revelations about Trump, the Republican Party is scrambling for a new presidential...

October 08, 2016

Pope on a Plane II: Gender Minorities

Yesterday, I talked about the problem with what the Church calls “gender ideology,” that is,...

October 07, 2016

Pope on a Plane: Gender Ideology

There have been a couple of recent statements from Pope Francis about gender ideology. He...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Donald Trump: Make Pro-Life Irrelevant Again

It's many years ago now that I faced my first election as a Catholic. I...

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