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April 2016

April 19, 2016

What Abandonment Taught Me

Instead of teaching me to trust and believe in the commitment of others, my dad...

April 12, 2016

How My Faith Became Mostly Dead

I’ve mostly lost hope—hope that some power or person of goodness is ultimately guiding the...

December 2015

December 28, 2015

In ‘The Force Awakens,’ Star Wars Takes a Tragic Turn

Yes, in many ways 'The Force Awakens' plays it safe, but the filmmakers deserve credit...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

Throwing Shade at Capitalism

Why Pope Francis says the economy should not be a mechanism for accumulating goods, but...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

To Love This Poor Perishable World

The challenge of putting down roots.

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Why I Hold on to My Faith, Even Though It Hangs by a Thread

Three words into a hymn or a creed and I'm elsewhere, rudely minding my own...

March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz’s Religious Politics Are Not Especially Christian

Cruz is a candidate for voters who think themselves indispensable and unique.

March 23, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Arnold Schwarzenegger Edition

What are your favorite entertainingly awful movies?

March 19, 2015

Who Supports Big Government Regulation of the Market, Whatever the Cost? Pro-Life Activists.

There is a matter on which many political conservatives support government regulation of markets and...

March 18, 2015

Why the Church Should Oppose All Killing

If human life is sacred and inviolable at every stage and in every situation, as...

March 17, 2015

Contrary to Market Ideology, People Often Don’t Follow Economic Incentives

People act against the good of others even when it hurts their business. That's human...

March 10, 2015

What the Church Allows Isn’t Necessarily Right

Debates among Catholics about moral issues too often rely on a cursory analysis of Magisterial...

March 03, 2015

Hiding Behind Private Property Rights

One can't justly hide behind private property rights when the system that defines and supports...

March 02, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Aliens Edition

It's too bad you can't see a movie again for the first time, but if...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Mistborn LEGO Minifigures

Just because Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels haven't been adapted for the screen doesn't mean we...

February 25, 2015

Teaching Your Children the Faith Doesn’t Mean Indoctrinating Them

Richard Dawkins himself cannot escape some religious instruction because he’s situated in a society formed...

February 24, 2015

Destroying ObamaCare, Whatever the Consequences

Former Senator Phil Gramm is clear about whom he thinks are the disadvantaged: young, healthy...

February 24, 2015

Michael Novak, Still Defending the Iraq War

If you launch into a moral defense of a war without reckoning with the dead,...

February 23, 2015

The Professional Cuddling Industry Had Its First Convention

Is this all a fad that will be gone before the preparations begin for CuddleCon...

February 23, 2015

Ridiculing Republicans Because They Don’t Accept Evolution Doesn’t Actually Get You Anything

To have its place, ridicule has to accomplish more than making the privileged feel good...

February 22, 2015

Early Mindless Monday Question: Academy Awards Edition

If you could give an Oscar to the best movie character ever, who would you...

February 21, 2015

Some Folks Say Obama Isn’t a Christian: Here’s How He Can Prove Them Right

My addition to this Very Important Debate.

February 20, 2015

How to Depict Religion Powerfully on the Screen

You don't need a doctorate in theology to get religion right on screen. A little...

February 19, 2015

Good for Eric Holder

The Attorney General wants a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty.

February 18, 2015

Why It’s Wrong to Tell Someone to Pray Away the Gay

"Pray away the gay" is bad theology whether or not you can provide a biblical...

February 17, 2015

To Those of You Giving Up Social Media for Lent

An important message.

February 16, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Your Grammar Pet Peeve Edition

What is your grammar or usage pet peeve?

February 12, 2015

Resisting the Church

With respect to the truth, resisting the Church is a risky damned if you do,...

February 10, 2015

What My Newest Newborn Taught Me about the World

Often while holding my infant son, he'll open his blue eyes, turn his face towards...

February 09, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Taylor Swift Edition

What artists (musical, film, literary, etc.) did you expect to hate but loved instead? What...

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