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June 2015

June 04, 2015

Why I Am Never Leaving the Catholic Church.

I am Catholic because Catholicism is true. It is not a little true. It is...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

How I Write. 7QT XX Seriatim.

When I was in graduate school (this was in the 1990s), I wrote everything longhand,...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

That Life Exists and Identity: Thoughts on Robin Williams & Depression

When "Dead Poets Society" came out, I was in college and struggling as a political...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

Seven Reflections at the End of a Novitiate: 7QT XV Seriatim

In 2002, I read The Cloister Walk by American poet Kathleen Norris. The book details...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

Seven Quick Takes in Defense of Longhand: 7QT X Seriatim

Computer crashes helped me regain my sanity about how to write. The vile Dell off,...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Seven Epiphanies That Made Me Catholic: 7QT VII Seriatim

Definitions matter, and words mean things. But sloppy usages abound, and they encourage confused thinking...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

The Best Writing Advice I Ever Got & Other Quick Takes: 7QT III Seriatim

When I was a graduate student, I made a conscious effort to try not to...