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June 2024

June 13, 2024

Rejoicing Ahead!

Checking in to apologize for the radio silence and assure you a new beginning is...

December 2023

December 20, 2023

Why I’m Doing Magnify 90 this January

The reason I'm doing Magnify 90 this January is because my sister called me up...

August 2022

August 10, 2022

July-August Updates + Follow-up on that Dorm Story

Been awhile, huh? Sheesh, Jen. Okay, here's what's been going on since I last updated...

April 2022

April 19, 2022

Happy Easter & A General Update

Checking in here to wish you a blessed Easter, lest you wonder whether I've forgotten...

February 2022

February 26, 2022

Lead up to Lent – Free book this weekend

Coming up from the rabbit hole with a quick heads up before Lent: Now through...

February 13, 2022

Book Review: Living Momento Mori by Emily DeArdo

Now up at the substack, *finally*, is my review of my friend Emily DeArdo's how-to...

February 09, 2022

Where Well-Behaved Jen Fitz is Writing This Year

If you want to understand the thing I'm about to announce, consider reading Simcha Fisher's...

February 04, 2022

Catholic Writers Conference Online, Feb 11-13 *strongly recommended*

Got an e-mail reminder that registration is still open for the Catholic Writers Guild's online...

December 2021

December 08, 2021

Evangelizing in Ancient Cathedrals

Amy Welborn has a good series of reflections on the proposed renovations to Notre Dame...

November 2021

November 20, 2021

Being Welcoming vs. Selling “Welcoming”

Hard-hitting post by Amy Welborn: "I no longer live, but…" on the failure of come-back-to-Mass...

June 2021

June 05, 2021

A Case for Exclusively-Singular Gender-Neutral Third-Person Pronouns

Just browsed a puff-piece at The Atlantic about the history of gender-neutral singular pronouns in English,...

May 2021

May 24, 2021

Fun Stuff Authors Like

Just saw OSV's book video for The How-to Book of Evangelization for the first time today...

May 19, 2021

Hitting the Personal Reset Button

Late January I wrapped up the public side of one heckuva fantastic conference, took a...

January 2021

January 16, 2021

One Weird Trick for Loving Your Extended Enemy-Family

Two different conversations on-topic with this coming weekend's conference* converged on this morning's readings. The...

January 08, 2021

Allowing Jesus to Heal Your Rhetorical Disease

This morning after half a cup of coffee, what I wanted to write was a...

January 06, 2021

Is Your Debate Style Passionate or . . . Poisoned?

Later this month, I am co-hosting a small, pro-bono conference-retreat for Catholic communicators -- professional...

July 2020

July 01, 2020

Speaking of Clerical Corruption . . .

Church Militant is not my usual haunt, but they deserve credit for publicizing the case...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

My New Book has Launched! Woohoo! (+Free intro course, tell your friends!)

The kindle edition was available ahead of the official launch date, but I'm pleased to...

June 28, 2020

Spark Truth: The Life-Changing Magic of Reasoning Up

In prepping my first debate class for teenagers, I instituted a revolutionary rule: No participant...

May 2020

May 19, 2020

R.R. Reno Does the Right Thing

Quick update on my post from the other day: R.R. Reno issued a formal apology...

January 2020

January 11, 2020

Request for Contributions: Effective Communication on Parish Access for You, a Person with a Disability

Hey everyone, I am looking for help, quickly. My awesome editor of the new book...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Labor Day Reading (Free Book): Learn to Tell the Story of You and Jesus

Your story is important. How important? Way back when the Internet first got going, what...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

Blogging Around: Suicide, Evangelization, St. Anthony, and Competent Teens

It's been a crazy few weeks here as school wrapped up, the internet went down...

April 2018

April 11, 2018

How Easy it is to Watch Facebook’s Demise

A couple days ago a friend of mine, and then a second one, announced on...

September 2017

September 25, 2017

Four Ways to Avoid Becoming a Bitter Catholic

Up at the Register this morning, I'm talking about ways to not become a person you hate...

September 24, 2017

When Your Class Is So Bad You Have to Apologize to Other Teachers

Over at the Conspiracy, I tell the story of my most spectacular teaching failure ever....

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Catholic? Like to Write? There’s a Conference for That

I have always enjoyed writing. In school and then at work as an accountant, I...

August 2016

August 16, 2016

Traps for Catechists and How to Avoid Them

It's new-catechist season, and if you know such a person, I'd be remiss if I...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Behind the Scenes in Catholic Blogging

It is no surprise, given the violence and destruction the enemy is wreaking in the...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Are You a Writer or a Content-Provider? There’s a Conference for That

So let me tell you a funny story about why you should consider going to...