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October 2019

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...

July 2019

July 08, 2019

Moderation Problems

This is just a super brief update to let you all know that I've tried...

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...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

Humanae Vitae, What Have You Wrought?

This week we mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae. It is probably the single...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

My Introduction to Geh Sex

My first real sexual education came from my grade six, seven, eight teacher. Obviously, we...

February 09, 2018

No, You Are Not Entitled To Your Opinion

My father is an engineer. His job is, he works designing, testing and trouble-shooting airplane...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

How Does Christian Culture Enable Abusers?

One of the most recent developments in the #metoo trend has been the emergence of...

October 2017

October 10, 2017

A Conservative Journalist, a Junior Hockey Star and an Otherkin Walk into a Talent Agent’s Office: I review ‘Amends’

Eve Tushnet's first novel, Amends, is about a group of quirky alcoholics who get recruited...

March 2017

March 13, 2017

Pregnancy, Gender Dysphoria, and the Pill

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

February 2017

February 05, 2017

Selective Skepticism

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

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 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...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Wayward Creatures

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

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...

July 2016

July 13, 2016

Why I am (Really) Not an Atheist: Rational Faith Pt 2

Recently, I was writing about the difference between rational faith and irrational forms of fundamentalism....

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Rational Faith: Why God is Not a Malevolent Bully

Yesterday, I promised that I would address the charges that the God which I (as...

June 27, 2016

Does the Church Owe the LGBTQ Community An Apology?

"“I believe that the church should not only say sorry, as Cardinal Marx says, it...

June 15, 2016

Does Religion Cause Hatred?

So, the other day I wrote about religiously motivated hate, how that has impacted my...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Life Lessons I’ve Learned From My Characters: Juvenal

One of the great joys of being an author is you get to stand outside...

March 2016

March 20, 2016

St. Joseph versus Toxic Masculinity

I should have written this yesterday, for the feast of St. Joseph, but it didn't...

March 18, 2016

You’re Not Pro-Life if You’re Not Pro-Child

Today, the back-payment came for my Canada Child Tax Benefit for Malachi, and out of...

March 09, 2016

I’m Giving Away Free Books!

Hello people! So here's the deal, I've found out that for various nefarious marketing-type reasons,...

March 03, 2016

Beauty Policing: The Consequences of Transgender Bathroom Politics

Libby Anne has a good article on Transgender bathroom use over on the Atheist channel...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Lesser Evil: A Merciful Monstrosity?

Yesterday, Pope Francis alluded to the lesser evil argument in relation to contraception and the...

February 17, 2016

Dagnabbit! ‘Dat Pesky Socialist Wabbit!

I've been challenged by a gentleman writing under the name of Dagnabbit to respond to...

February 14, 2016

Married to St. Raphael: Why so many good Catholic girls stay single

Every Catholic guy I know is either dating, married, or a seminarian... I don’t even...

February 14, 2016

Render Unto Vader What is Vader’s

There is a comment on my previous post that I have decided to answer in...

December 2015

December 19, 2015

Let the Trolling Commence

Disqus is back. Several readers have complained that they're not able to access the World...

December 14, 2015

I’m (not) Ready for Christmas

You'll be able to think "Well, my Christmas preparations aren't everything that I hoped they...

December 07, 2015

Huron Carol

Outside of Canada, this is a little known carol – but it's one of my...

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