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May 2018

May 31, 2018

Honour in the “Friend Zone”: Luke (Four Weeks of Fine Men #7)

Last Fall, the Patheos Catholic channel was rocked by a scandal--the revelation that one of...

May 28, 2018

When Heroes Have Clay Feet (a note on #tonicmasculinity)

I took this weekend away from the computer to breathe a bit, enjoy the nice...

May 20, 2018

Four Weeks of Fine Men

With all the examples of toxic masculinity in the news, I feel the need for...

May 01, 2018

All These Things Will Be Given To You As Well

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

It’s Not About You

*NB. Plug in just about any other parenting choice within the range of normal and...

January 2018

January 19, 2018

The Rise of the Fratriarchy

The New Republic, musing over the political Right's embrace of Donald Trump and his libertine...

December 2017

December 01, 2017

Seven Takes in Seven Words or Less (sort of)

1. Thoughts during the Santa Claus Parade Good riddance, November! December already? Ack! 2....

November 2017

November 18, 2017

Guarding the Sanctity of the Sick Pilgrim and the Broken Spirit

Yesterday, I ranted briefly about "Men Behaving Badly to Get Their Rocks Off." The big...

November 15, 2017

“Who is the most important in your family?” and other foolish questions from John Rosemond

Over at The Personalist Project today, I am taking a look at parenting columnist John...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

My Bullet Journal is Firing Blanks (SQT, Week in Review Edition)

--- 1 --- How is it Friday again already? Where has this week gone? I'm not...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Bunny in a Dark Labyrinth: Trauma and Choice in a Playboy World (Guest Post)

It's an incredibly complicated thing when your personhood has been crushed through sexual exploitation.

September 15, 2017

The consistent ethic of abolitionist William Wilberforce

This is the second part of a three part series on single-issue activism and social...

September 15, 2017

LifeSiteNews gets it wrong about abolition–and everything else

This is the first part of a three-part essay on single-issue activism and social justice. ...

September 11, 2017

Not sure which door to take? Look toward love.

When I was a student, we called young men and women who waffled for years...

September 07, 2017

Selling the Stranger in Our Midst: The Numbers Behind Immigration Policy

The Church has recognized and proclaimed the need to welcome young people: 'Whoever welcomes one...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

Kill Your Heroes: The Fall of Joss Whedon’s Feminism

It turns out that Hollywood "feminist" girl-power TV and movie director Joss Whedon is a...

August 18, 2017

Monuments, Racism, Redemption, and Charlottesville: Seven Stories of How Things Can Be between Men (and Women) on this Earth

This has been an awfully depressing week, with the news out of Charlottesville overshadowing...

August 02, 2017

“The disabled can only create unhappiness”: Why we need to talk about suffering

This morning I watched a L'Arche video about a massacre of disabled individuals that happened...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Where I end and you begin: Zen and the problem of Christ

I have a couple of new posts up at The Personalist Project sparked by...

July 11, 2017

The Gift of the Ordinary

My nephew Sammy rang the bell last week. The bell in question is the one...

July 08, 2017

Love by the puzzle pieces

I stood by a table spread with photo albums and memorabilia at my grandfather's...

June 2017

June 17, 2017

To Destroy a Piece of Your Heart

There's a Solzhenitsyn quote which I love, and quote frequently--I quoted a related passage only...

June 09, 2017

When Geeks War and Catholics Troll

I'm going to talk about Geekdom--communities of enthusiasts or fans--for a little bit. Bear with...

June 05, 2017

What Parenting Taught Me About Marriage

Nobody is responsible for anyone else's feelings, but we are all responsible for our own...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

Modesty and the Naked Truth

I want to propose a definition for modesty that seems to me to fit all...

May 17, 2017

At The Personalist Project: The Sandals of Whatever

I snarked on Facebook earlier this week that everybody loves to talk about the shield...

May 12, 2017

At the Personalist Project: A Singular Mother’s Day

Today at the Personalist Project, I'm writing about Anna Jarvis and the founding of Mother's...

May 09, 2017

Can we praise mothers on Mother’s Day?

This Sunday, perhaps we can pray that we all find the grace to rejoice with...

May 05, 2017

At The Personalist Project: The Political is Personal…is Political?

The Black Lives Matter movement is undoubtedly political. But it begins in the personal stories...

May 04, 2017

At the Personalist Project: The Personal is Political…is Personal

Earlier this week, late night show host Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a tearful...