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December 2013

December 19, 2013

Fear, Jealousy, and Paranoia: We Love to Wrestle

There can be good clean fun in the political give and take. The sport of...

December 19, 2013

The Harmonium Project Must Fail

The Harmonium Project is the name given to a group of students at Franciscan University...

December 17, 2013

¡No le aflojes! (from Things and Stuff)

(My first book of essays — Things and Stuff — was published in 2011 as...

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 05, 2013

Papal Marxism and Other Mental Infections: On the U.S. Reception of Evangelii Gaudium

There is a rumor going around about Pope Francis in the United States, after the...

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 29, 2013

Correcting a Correction of Evangelii Gaudium, para 54. UPDATED

It is very annoying for this to be the first thing I say about Pope...

November 19, 2013

Discussion on the Mount?

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

November 16, 2013

The Wrong Correspondence

The genius of Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" is the psychological reversal that occurs when the...

November 11, 2013

Abortion Beyond Poli-Tricks

Just over a month ago, I gave a lecture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, sponsored...

November 09, 2013

Overzealous Evangelism Sucks

I think that one reason some people don't like Pope Francis is because he doesn't...

November 07, 2013

Disposable Pleasures

When my children see a movie they like, they want to see it again. Immediately....

November 04, 2013

A Hellish Wit

When I see a billboard or bumper-sticker that reads "HELL IS REAL," I usually smile...

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 10, 2013

When Prayer Goes Wrong

I think I fasted on Saturday. It didn't feel very penitential, but I was also...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Christ, the Prisoner: Webb on Von Balthasar and Prison Ministry

Stephen Webb has written a short and powerful reflection on Christ's descent into hell...

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...

July 2013

July 27, 2013

Father Z Equates Catholic Bishops at WYD 2013 with Nazis UPDATED

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, also known (and hereafter referred to) as "Fr. Z," will surely dispute the...

July 21, 2013

Why I’m Not Writing About the Trayvon Martin Case

The easy, short answer is that I don't have time. It really is that simple,...

July 17, 2013

Criticizing Criticism and The Blue Evangelization: A Rejoinder

Read this first. This post is about that post. +++ It is not my first time...

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...

July 11, 2013

Category Mistakes Abound: Marriage, Hell, and the Pope

A category mistake occurs when one thing is misidentified as another. This is often a...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

LIVE FREE AND DIE

Libertines, everywhere. We have conservative libertines, liberal libertines, secular libertines, and religious libertines. We have...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Primer Update and Sneak Peek

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

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....

May 03, 2013

Philosophy in a Trout Stream

Over the past two summers in rural Indiana, I rekindled my life-long love of fishing....

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Mercy for Gosnell, For Us All

I tend to ramble and write down all the details, leaving them fussily thrown about,...

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 28, 2013

Patheos Prompt: Why I’m Catholic?

Patheos wants to know why I'm Catholic, in 200 words. The most honest answer is...

March 23, 2013

Franciscan Theatrics: Papa Francisco’s Gangsta Ways

"Show, don't tell." This could be the Franciscan evangelical motto. The Franciscan tradition is rooted...