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May 2017

May 03, 2017

BOOK RELEASE: Tell Them Something Beautiful by Sam Rocha

I am thrilled to announce the release of my book of essays, Tell Them Something...

April 2017

April 02, 2017

The Benedict Option: A Critical Review

Rod Dreher positions himself in The Benedict Option in a way that makes this...

August 2016

August 06, 2016

10 Lectures on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Breadbox Media

In July I had the pleasure of teaching a one week seminar on the...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

Education as Constitution: An Examination of Political Conscience

This is a long post. Just shy of 6k words. It began in a Facebook...

December 2014

December 10, 2014

Franciscan University of Steubenville Must Repent

On May 17, 2012, I wrote the following post regarding Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS)...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

A House is Not a Home: Domestic Church and the Art of Homemaking

This is part of the Patheos Catholic summer symposium, anticipating the Church's "Synod for the Family"...

June 2014

June 28, 2014

Agonism, Antagonism, and Attitudes About Certainty

I think PEG really hit one nail on the head in his last post of...

June 26, 2014

Against Best Practices and Unintentional Philistinism

PEG has penned another fine rejoinder to my last, rather tedious, reply. I appreciate his...

June 22, 2014

Two Catholic Pragmatists Walk Into Bar: Illich vs. Montessori

My latest and longest reply to my esteemed Patheos colleague, Pascal Emanuel Gobry. My doctoral...

June 18, 2014

Against Methods: The Arts of the Ordinary

This is another reply to Pascal Emanuel Gobry, in particular to his recent reply to me...

June 17, 2014

What Can Go Wrong With Classical, Great Books, and Montessori?

I've written this post in reply to my esteemed Patheos colleague, Pascal Emmanuel Gobry, inspired...

April 2014

April 09, 2014

“No Exit Catholicism” at Ethika Politika

I've been considering the role of more indirect and oblique routes in building a sense...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Don’t Miss “The Image of God,” Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, in Portland, OR, two of my great loves — Terrence Malick's masterpiece, The Tree...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Deschooling RED: Beyond the Fear of Failure

In 1840, Horace Mann, the first Secretary of Education in the State of New Hampshire...

February 11, 2014

Deschooling Religious Education, in Six Claims

1. Compulsory schooling came to the United States in the 18th century, during the Whig...

February 08, 2014

Deschooling Religious Ed

The ideological assumption that 'schooling' and 'education' are synonyms, that they both describe the same...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

Something Remarkable in Steubenville

I attended Franciscan University of Steubenville from 2001 to 2005; I used to play music...

December 2013

December 09, 2013

Indiana Teacher of the Year Reviews the Primer UPDATED

Steve Perkins is the 2014 teacher of the year for the state of Indiana. This...

December 01, 2013

The Educational Significance of Advent

Liturgy is mystogogical. In other words, one role of liturgy is to teach and form...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Excellent Review of My “Primer” at First Things

Stephen Webb's column at First Things today --- titled "Sam Rocha’s Strange and Startling Philosophy of...

November 21, 2013

Why I’m Not Too Worked Up About Common Core

The history of compulsory schooling in the United States resembles the political history of Latin...

November 19, 2013

Discussion on the Mount?

Over at First Thoughts, there is a post titled, "The Lecture Works, and It Always...

November 11, 2013

Lessons from a Veteran, Teacher

National holidays tend to bring out the most annoying personality traits of the mirror-imaged two...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Boredom is Laziness

We live in a culture of boredom. It may seem odd that, within the most...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Update: Thank You, Fall Schedule, Books, and Album

It's been just over a year now that I've been blogging at Patheos. That year...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

An Aesthetic Critique of Youth Ministry: Miley Cyrus vs. Bonnie Raitt

MARC BARNES' CRITIQUE OF YOUTH MINISTRY has, predictably, gone viral. Today there is a measured and intelligent...

August 22, 2013

Two Faces of Credibility

There are two competing lines of thought, etched in my mind, oscillating back and forth,...

July 2013

July 13, 2013

Why Serious Catholics Should Hate Catholic Stuff

I love Mexican food. Bordertown street cuisine, Tex-Mex comfort food, and Southwestern red and green...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Primer Update and Sneak Peek

My latest book --- A Primer for Philosophy & Education --- was released two weeks...

May 14, 2013

Sex Miseducation: Abstinence Doesn’t Make Sense UPDATED

Calah Alexander has written a powerful essay about the psychological and spiritual violence that is often...