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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...

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"...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Now THIS is News: Nicea 2025? UPDATED

I don't fancy myself a journalist or a reporter and I am not one to...

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 25, 2014

How to (Not) Destroy Catholic Art

Catholic art is destroyed at the exact point in which it becomes necessary to...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas!

A Very Merry and Blessed Christmas to All!

December 01, 2013

The Educational Significance of Advent

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

May 2013

May 12, 2013

The Womb of Love: A Womanist Manifesto

The Ascension is a soft-spoken Catholic feast about dwelling in a prolonged and reoccurring Advent....

March 2013

March 31, 2013

“Google Nose” Smells Funny and Familiar: A Sun Blemish

People got offended by Google's choice to feature a sketch of Cesar Chavez today, Easter...

March 31, 2013

Polish Easter

Polish Easter Easter Ether Eastern East Feast Feast Feast, Feast Feast Feast Polish Sausage, Aleluja!

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

My dear friend’s dog, Remus, is dying of cancer. Remus is a beautiful greyhound who...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

In Praise of Cigarettes

I begin with a generous pinch of finely cut tobacco, cradled inside a creased, rectangular...

January 09, 2013

A Moving Interlude of Sand Animation

It is the first week of classes for the spring semester. Cold. It is also...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

The Holy Family: A Portrait of Humility**

On today's Feast of the Holy Family we hear a story about parents losing their...

December 26, 2012

The Sacred Excess of Christmas

Dear Fellow Catholics, Merry Christmas! Cristus natus est! It's party time. A time to feast and...

December 12, 2012

The Politics of Guadalupe

In loving memory of Fr. Sam Homsey C.PP.S. (1910 - 2004) As a teenager, I...

December 07, 2012

Advent

Not Good Friday or Holy Saturday Dark, yes, but no suspense Pregnant, not sad No...

December 03, 2012

Haw Wins: Pagan Christianity and the New Apologetics

In my recent reflection on James Wellman's book on Rob Bell, I tried to steer...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

The Beauty and Sufficiency of Catholic Liturgy

Over the past year I've been writing a short book: Liturgy as Mystagogy: An Introduction to...

November 18, 2012

Dear Fellow Catholics, It’s NOT Christmas

Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, I can hardly believe I'm writing this. It's embarrassing...

November 13, 2012

Bilingual Mass Never Quite Jives For Me: A Note on Translation

Yesterday's Spanish debut was a direct response to posts, on Facebook and Twitter, covering the...

November 01, 2012

Tim Tebow and Camilla Belle: Star-Crossed Lovers?

Three years ago, while writing at Vox Nova, I noted the fierce anti-Catholicism of Tim...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

Mary in the Moon

An apparition: Egg-shaped moon, Haloed, with soft, cloud-prism edges Dissipate; alone now. Resplendent shining white,...

October 22, 2012

“Don Juan as Moralist,” a talk by David Bentley Hart

Last week's posts (here and here) on the profane, gangstas, and the New Evangelization evoked...

October 18, 2012

My Man Luke!

Today is the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist. I've always been most partial to...

October 15, 2012

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Hail Mary. Full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women....

October 14, 2012

Vote Local, Not Loco: Subsidiarity and Voting

Politics makes us crazy. As true as it may be, the statement should be qualified....

October 11, 2012

Faith and Food

Happy Year of Faith, everyone! On Monday, I think I raised some eyebrows when I...

October 09, 2012

Martha and Mary on Anxiety

I've always considered the story of Martha and Mary as being about the two paths of...