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October 2019

October 25, 2019

The Lord Has Worked Marvels For Me: Open Letter Pt. 3

I have been astounded over the past few days by the sheer number of women...

October 24, 2019

The Central Spiritual Struggle of Women: Open Letter, part 2

"I think that the central moral struggle is to really internalize that other people are...

October 23, 2019

An Open Letter to the Young Rad-Trad Women

There was a buzz of tangible excitement among the older traditionalist Catholics every time that...

October 08, 2019

Maybe It’s Okay That Man Should Be Alone

I'll get back to talking about wanking and what-not in a while. For now, I...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

The Powerlessness of Prayer: On Detaching with Love

I had called, and shouted, and pleaded, bullied and begged, bargained and cajoled, prayed and...

April 21, 2019

Fearful Resurrection

We always see the Resurrection from the point of view of those who witnessed it....

March 2019

March 18, 2019

Why Am I Still Writing For Patheos Catholic?

Several months ago, I announced that I was no longer able to worship in the...

October 2018

October 19, 2018

No, Simcha, Dissent is Not Tantamount to Rape

Simcha Fisher recently published an article comparing dissenting from the Catholic church’s position on things...

October 12, 2018

A Tale of Two Priests: On Authority

In the past two days, I received correspondence from two different Catholic priests reacting to...

October 02, 2018

Crossing the Rubicon: Why I Will No Longer Enable the Catholic Hierarchy

A while ago, one of my atheist commenters observed that watching me grapple with my...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

Do You Feel Safe in Church?

The last time I attended a Catholic church was a couple of weeks ago. I...

August 2018

August 12, 2018

A Monstrous Monstrance, or Why Does Religion Suck?

Writing about God is difficult. It’s almost as hard as writing a good sex scene....

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Humanae Vitae and the Scandal of Abuse

Well, it seems that at least one Catholic Archbishop has taken a break from the...

July 30, 2018

Is It A Sin to be Scandalized by Abuse?

Yet again, the Church is being rocked by a clerical abuse scandal. And yet again,...

June 2018

June 01, 2018

The Democratization of the Faith

Since Vatican II, there has been a great fear among orthodox Catholics that a focus...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

The Abuses of Hell

I’ve been away for a while, but I wanted to get back to the discussion...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Mass Without Children

A couple of weeks ago, I actually got to Mass without kids. I had the...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

A Hell of One’s Own: Why Mortal Sin Really is Mortal

Recently, I’ve been re-reading my book of philosophical dramas, Eros & Thanatos, and it’s...

February 22, 2018

Lent and Exhaustion – Running On Fumes During Lent

Let's say it’s over a week since Ash Wednesday and you haven’t given anything up...

February 15, 2018

Act Normal: Christian Community and Mental Illness

I’ve just finished reading Kristy Burmeister’s new book, “Act Normal”. It’s a memoir of her...

February 13, 2018

Discernment In Black & White

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex and Is One Of These Virtues Not Like...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Two Things We Mistakenly Believe Are Ours

At the heart of the Church’s social teaching there are two essential insights into the...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Spiritual Warfare: a Strategist’s Guide

In general, I have my reservations about the image of “spiritual warfare,” not because it’s...

December 13, 2017

Struggling to Confess

Okay, so I'm slowly, painstakingly working on the NFP book -- there's a bunch of...

September 2017

September 16, 2017

Too Tired to Pray

One thing that you quickly find if you're trying to do ministry on the margins...

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Addicted to Patriarchy: Infallibility IV

I mentioned yesterday that I see the relationship between the Catholic laity and the hierarchy...

August 16, 2017

The Fractal Church: Infallibility Part III

I promised that I would talk about the difference between infallibility and authority, and why...

August 07, 2017

Pope to King 4: Infallibility Part II

Last time I talked about the backdrop for my concerns about infallibility. Today, I want...

August 05, 2017

How Many Theologians Does it Take To Define Infallibility?

I mentioned earlier that one of the issues I've been grappling with is the question...

August 01, 2017

Crisis of Faith Part II: Off Key and Out of Tune

So I tweeted recently that I have semi-resolved my crisis and I'm staying Catholic, at...

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