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April 2020

April 23, 2020

Dear Pro-Life Advocates, Abandon the Republican Party

If you are Pro-Life, you must accept restrictions on personal liberty. Even if you reject...

April 20, 2020

He, She, or They: The Challenge of Selecting Pronouns for God

In Catholic elementary school, I was taught to use the capital He when referring to God....

April 16, 2020

Career, Hobby or Vocation: What Does it Mean to Be an Artist?

Once again, I find myself in the search for a day job. Like so many...

April 11, 2020

Poem for a Strange, Beautiful Easter

Happy Easter! Today is a day of celebration and hope. I plan on making it...

April 09, 2020

A Skeptic’s Guide to Fasting for Relief from Coronavirus

I am a Christian who questions everything. Every day, in every moment, I turn my...

April 06, 2020

Not As I Will, But As You Will: A Holy Week Reflection

As we enter into Holy Week, I am struck by the image of Jesus in...

April 02, 2020

Failing at Lent: On Trying Again Today, Tomorrow, and Next Year

On Ash Wednesday, which feels like a lifetime ago, I published an article called More...

March 2020

March 30, 2020

Instructions for my Loved Ones in the (Unlikely) Case of My Death

This Christmas, my husband gifted me Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble's Remember Your Death: Memento Mori...

March 26, 2020

Dreaming of Priscilla: What if Women Wrote the Bible?

No one knows who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. I learned this surprising fact...

March 23, 2020

Art in Isolation: Using Your Time Wisely and Gently

If you're a creative, odds are you want to make the best use of time...

March 19, 2020

Embracing On-Nomi: Why We Must Cherish Friendship in Isolation

Some time last week, when I was still working outside my apartment, I came...

March 16, 2020

40 Days in the Desert: A Reflection on Lent Without Mass

Just last week, I published an article on safe ways to receive Communion during the...

March 12, 2020

Reverence in the Time of Coronavirus: Ten Safe Ways to Receive Communion

I truly hate to tell you this, but the Holy Body and Blood of Our...

March 09, 2020

Are Catholic Artists Obligated to Make Catholic Art?

One of the most common responses to my plays is also the most painful for...

March 02, 2020

Radical Holiness: A Progressive Case for the Chapel Veil

The chapel veil is back. The practice of women covering their heads at mass, which...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

More Than a Fast: A Guide for Non-Christians Practicing Lent

This time last year, a good friend who is agnostic reached out to see if...

February 24, 2020

How to Find Grace in Your Day Job

Day Jobs are Necessary During my early days in New York, a mentor gave me...

February 19, 2020

Creation is a Spiritual Project: Strengthening Faith Through Art

Femina Ferox Femina Ferox is Latin for Fierce Woman. It's the name I gave to my...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

Dear God, what do we do now?

As a practicing Catholic, it is difficult for me to articulate how the past few...

January 2018

January 23, 2018

Please, Not This Pope: Defending the Faith when Leaders Err

Pope Francis has issued a public apology for comments made against sexual assault victims during...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

Reflecting on THE CHALICE

Hear Full Interview Another production in the books! Honored That's the only way I can...

August 2017

August 13, 2017

Why Silence Isn’t an Option, (or the devil grows stronger when you deny him.)

Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the...

February 2017

February 26, 2017

Why I Didn’t Attend the Woman’s March

The following was presented as part of "A Call to Action," a salon series of short...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

To Pro-Life Christians: Please Support Refugees

As Vice President Mike Pence addressed crowds of supporters at the March for Life, protests...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

Did He Really Just Say That? (What to do when you hear a bad sermon)

It's happened to all of us. Anyone who, by choice or by force, happens to...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

The Resurrection Cycle: Or Why It’s Okay to Cry on Your Birthday

Yesterday, I turned 27 on the 27th. The golden birthday. It also, coincidentally, was my...

July 2016

July 07, 2016

Why I didn’t go to the Black Lives Matter protest. And why I wish I had.

It had something to do with the specifics of the demands the protestors were making. ...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

A Catholic Feminist Grapples with Abortion Or: Why Isn’t Everyone Sad?

A few months ago I asked my tech-savy fiancé to create a Facebook filter that...

January 2016

January 23, 2016

Christmas Ornaments and the Coming of Christ

Growing up, our Christmas ornaments were kept in tall, round, tins with covered with what...