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July 2014

July 26, 2014

Welcome to the Cafeteria: The Catholic Showdown Started Long Ago

Pope Francis has obviously turned up the volume on a number of issues, and this...

July 19, 2014

Images of a Past Still Present: When Children Become Objects

There was a time, not too long ago, when adults heckled children --- protesting the...

July 15, 2014

“The incendiary scene reminded me of Nativist mobs” — Dolan on the Dignity of Immigrants

Yesterday, Timothy Cardinal Dolan posted a brief note at his site where he unambiguously reprimands...

July 08, 2014

A Christian Case Against the Literal Reading of Scripture

If being a Christian is to be a follower of Jesus Christ, then it follows...

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"...

July 01, 2014

One Question Answered (and Raised Again) by SCOTUS

I love reading Supreme Court decisions and dissents. They are without rival in US public...

June 2014

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 23, 2014

Tupac Shakur, the Real C.S. Lewis, and My Dad: A Review of “Something Other Than God”

"I folded my hands, leaned my head forward, and poured out the most sincere prayer...

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...

June 02, 2014

“Moronic Manhood” at Ethika Politika

My essay on manhood at Ethika Politika is something I've wanted to write for many,...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

A Beautiful Teacher: A Tribute to Maya Angelou

I had the opportunity to listen to Maya Angelou on February 28, 2010, at a...

May 26, 2014

The Perils of Private Consensus: Or, In Praise of Mommy Blogs

(Preface) My previous post, "Fear of Generosity," comes dangerously close, I fear, to self-help. It...

May 14, 2014

Fear of Generosity

If you speak to someone about something controversial, like abortion or war, in intimate and...

May 02, 2014

When the Soul Gets Blues, The Blues Get Soul

My socks, underwear, and toiletries are stuffed into two guitar cases and a 1945 tube...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

A Hesitant Defense of Cliven Bundy

I've stayed away from the Bundy story until now. It seemed like the latest bit...

April 14, 2014

#GodsNotDead Soars on Bald Eagle Wings: Or, Postmortem Apologetics

WARNING: Spoilers abound (not that they really matter). (Preface) As a film, a work of...

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...

March 12, 2014

Pope Francis Against Ideology

A short break in my ongoing attempt to Kickstart my debut album, LATE TO LOVE....

March 08, 2014

Profane Praise: On Estuary Music

The expression for 'fresh water' in Spanish is agua dulce — sweet water. I always liked that way...

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...

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 28, 2014

Reality and the Virtual: Relativity is not Relativism

My previous post on relativism has been mostly well received, to my great surprise. It...

January 25, 2014

The Splenda of Truth: Remarks on Relativism

Those who are greatly upset by, and concerned about, relativism usually say that they are...

January 18, 2014

Accessible Augustine: Beauty Ancient and New

I apologize for my infrequent blogging this month. Between travels, the flu, and some other...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

Thoughts on Phil Robertson and Duck Dynasty

I like to watch TV, which is why I don't own one. Plus, I watch...