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August 2021

August 09, 2021

Please Get the Vaccine, Even if You’re Not Worried About COVID

If you are young, relatively healthy and with a good immune system, you might not...

August 02, 2021

A Very Small Boat: On Loving Someone With Severe Mental Illness

I used to wake up every morning in a panic. It would wax and wane...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

A Letter to My Most High Lord

Hello Friends and Readers, I'm taking a step back from my usual discourse this week,...

July 20, 2021

Can the Latin Mass Restrictions Heal The Divide in the Church?

Last week, Pope Francis dropped a proverbial bomb on Latin Mass (TLM) communities around the...

July 13, 2021

You Can Disagree with Your Bishop without Becoming Fr. Altman

Last week, Bishop William Callahan of LaCrosse, Wisconsin did something highly unusual. He exerted his...

July 05, 2021

My Obligatory Fourth of July Post is Late, and That’s Okay.

Today is July Fifth, and I am writing my obligatory July Fourth post. It will...

June 2021

June 28, 2021

Lay Low and Weep: The Tragic Legacy of Catholic Residential Schools

Last week, 751 unmarked graves were discovered at the site of a former residential school...

June 22, 2021

You Might Be Wondering Why I Stay Catholic

Given the events of the past week, I imagine some of my readers are expecting...

June 14, 2021

I Went Back to a Movie Theater for the First Time and It Was Basically Fine

The last film I saw in a movie theater was The Invisible Man, starring Elizabeth...

June 08, 2021

Serendipity is Still Possible, Even in a Broken World

"What is this feeling?" My friend asked on Saturday around 5:00 PM. The chance meeting....

June 01, 2021

Can Catholics Celebrate Pride Month?

It's Pride Month again. It's a strange, often paradoxical mixture of corporate sponsorship and revolutionary...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

In Political and Moral Debate, Hypocrisy is a Red Herring

Are people fundamentally good or fundamentally selfish? The debate on human nature is one of...

May 17, 2021

My Mask is Not a Political Statement (At Least, It Shouldn’t Be)

On Thursday afternoon, my husband stuck his head into our bedroom, where my work-from-home setup...

May 10, 2021

If Mother’s Day Was Hard For You, Celibrate Your Holiday Today

Last Sunday was Mother's Day, a day of honoring and thanking our mom's for doing...

May 03, 2021

To Deny Joe Biden Communion is to Commit Scandal

This June, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will vote on whether to to...

April 2021

April 26, 2021

Is Celibacy a Higher Calling? Does It Even Matter?

The Catholic Church has long taught that celibacy is the highest vocation. This is, to...

April 19, 2021

Hello, Religious Privilege is Good and Here’s Why

On Wednesday's episode of The Daily, A Legal Winning Streak for Religion, The New York...

April 12, 2021

St. Thomas and the Receipts

This Divine Mercy Sunday, we heard the story of St. Thomas. We've heard it a...

April 03, 2021

Easter 2021, Season of Renewal

Yesterday was a Good Friday I will remember for the rest of my life. I...

March 2021

March 29, 2021

My Veil Keeps Slipping (A Holy Week Reflection for Sinners)

My black mantilla is gorgeous, as is the thought behind it. It's a gift from...

March 22, 2021

What Catholic Twitter Taught Me About Myself

In early 2019, I started following more Catholics on Twitter. It was an intentional decision....

March 15, 2021

Returning to Live Theater… Sort of

Last Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the Broadway shut down. Performers took to the...

March 08, 2021

The Royal Family is Not Special, Yet We Make Them So

If you didn't watch Oprah's interview with Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan last night, you...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

Self-Righteousness, the Devil’s Poisoned Arrow

During my Lenten reading, I recently came across a passage from John Tauler, a 14th-century...

February 21, 2021

Inhumane Conditions in Texas Prisons Demonstrate Cruelty is the Point

A devastating storm and freezing temperatures have caused chaos and hardship for millions of people...

February 15, 2021

Consider Making a Gentle Lent this Year

It's hard to believe that Lent has come around again. Last year, I gave up...

February 08, 2021

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Challenge of Representation

This past weekend was a significant landmark for me professionally. My first credited TV movie...

February 01, 2021

Has the Pandemic Permanently Changed Live Theater?

When I started this blog, I intended to write about life as a Catholic theater...

January 2021

January 25, 2021

Sorry ACNA, We’re Calling Ourselves Gay

Last week, the bishops of the Anglican Church of North America released a pastoral statement...

January 19, 2021

Doubt is Part of Faith, So Why Is It So Difficult to Talk About?

When I was a child, my beloved great-grandmother passed away. She was the first person...