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October 2013

October 16, 2013

Beauty Will Survive

Beauty may not save the world, but it can do more than that: beauty will...

October 05, 2013

To Be Otherwise

Christ's passion begins with the simple fact that he knows he is the Son of...

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...

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...

August 24, 2013

From the Bottum Up: The Pathos of Joseph Bottum

Yesterday, at Commonweal, the former editor of First Things, Joeseph Bottum, published an essay, funded...

August 22, 2013

Two Faces of Credibility

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

August 16, 2013

Compulsory Schooling and Preventative War — Or, Why Children Have to Go to School

In the secular liturgical cycle of the American year, two seasonal certainties stand out: going...

August 13, 2013

Why We Do Not Have Free Will

Patheos is hosting a symposium on the question "Do we have free will?" --- one...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Are You Not Entertained? (Or, How Fr. Z Beat Me at Our Own Game)

There is nothing subtle about what happened to my blog this weekend. It exploded. Against...

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 25, 2013

Pope Francis endorsed MY book, too!

For some time now we've all seen how much Pope Francis reiterates the central theme...

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...

July 08, 2013

LIVE at The Empire UPDATED

Last night I played the first all-original set I've played since 2006, at Acadia Cafe...

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 19, 2013

A Sunday Letter: Bikers and Fishing, Rhythm and Harmony

My dear readers, Happy Pentecost! Here's something of a weekend review: Friday I played drums...

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 06, 2013

Housekeeping, Announcements, Gratitude, Spring

Those who know me also know that I don't keep a calendar, although sometimes I...

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 20, 2013

(Un)Fashionable Nostalgia

I grew up wearing second-hand clothes. And hating it. Shopping was always ritual in humiliation....

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 26, 2013

A Hot Mess: Marriage, Derrida, Nabokov, and Whatnot

I don't really understand what the same sex marriage hullabaloo is about. I can understand...

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...