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April 2014

April 09, 2014

The Law Of The Impossible-Necessary Slope

My friend Rod Dreher coined the Law of Merited Impossibility, which governs the discourse...

April 07, 2014

Inoculated

Y'all know I'm a big fan of Tim Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in New...

April 05, 2014

On The Catholic School-Thing Freakout

I didn't want to write about this whole froofra (more controversy! yay!), but I'm procrastinating...

April 04, 2014

Two Things That Happened Yesterday

If you follow either religion/social issues news or tech industry news, you will have almost...

April 03, 2014

Everything In The Gospels Is About The Mass

I'm a very very beginning exegete, and the sort of Exegesis 101 rule for the...

April 02, 2014

Some Points About Homophobia And The Church

I wrote a post this week that made the following points: The Magisterium of the...

April 01, 2014

“Nostra Aetate” Is Latin For “Great Artists Steal”

The Vatican II document Nostra Aetate is primarily remembered as being addressed to the Jews,...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

The Church Must Speak With One Strong Voice Against Homophobia

"Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or...

March 31, 2014

Protestantism And A Human Understanding Of Time

Sorry for being a little polemical but if y'all know me y'all know I can't...

March 28, 2014

“You Cannot Steal Sheep If The Shepherd Is Doing His Job”

For some reason, I happened upon this PBS segment on Episcopalians joining the Catholic Church....

March 27, 2014

Fasting As Poetry

I'm Catholic. I'm French. It won't surprise you that food and drink have a big...

March 26, 2014

“Oh No, They’re Just Doing A Catholic Wedding”

We hear a lot about how our contemporary society devalorizes marriage, or is destroying marriage....

March 26, 2014

“If All Had Been Righteous, And You Were The Only Sinner, Jesus Would Have Done Exactly The Same Thing”

I went to confession last week. It was wonderful. Go to confession! One thing that...

March 25, 2014

New Distributism 1 – The Real Problem With Vaticanomics—Or Why We Need A New Catholic Economics

An effort I'm going to do here is to try to come up with a...

March 25, 2014

Quick Thoughts on the Annunciation

Today is the feast of the Annunciation, so even though I've already written today I...

March 25, 2014

Why Is It A Problem To Hire People Who Are In Same-Sex Marriages?

I woke up and Christian Twitter was all a-twitter (ha) about the news that World...

March 24, 2014

St Joseph Pilgrimage Of Family Fathers

This Saturday I took part in the yearly St Joseph pilgrimage of family fathers to...

March 20, 2014

An Uncomfortable Spiritual Autobiography

I guess since I'm starting this new Catholic blog, I should talk a little bit...

March 18, 2014

Hello world! — And Please Help Me Get Drunk!

Hello, and welcome! I am so thrilled to be blogging here on Patheos. I guess...