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May 2014

May 19, 2014

Life is too short for bad sex with a good husband.

This is the greatest letter I’ve gotten in a million years. It’s from MightyMighty at...

May 16, 2014

One slice of Christian theology without so much puppydog in it, please.

Here's a rightfully exasperated post on why we shouldn't teach kids that Jesus is just playing...

May 15, 2014

At the Register: A Few Tips for Making Hard Choices

BECAUSE I LOVE TO GIVE ADVICE! And my life is not a complete and utter...

May 14, 2014

Ad Orientem and Versus Populum both make sense

Here we see a cartoon meant to illustrate why it "makes more sense" for the...

May 13, 2014

At the Register: Tug of War at Harvard Is a Sign of Good Civic Health

Freedom vs. freedom is always a little messy, but this one worked out just like...

May 12, 2014

Caption contest!

For more *ahem* brilliance, see "Michelle Obama trusted the internet with a picture of herself...

May 11, 2014

Lard Will Keep Us Together; or Proof that Autism is Caused by Vatican II

We all know that marriage rates are dropping, even here in New Hampshire. But do...

May 11, 2014

“More human”: Speaking Exchange draws generations together

This is just lovely. Brazilian students who want to become more fluent in English connect...

May 10, 2014

Jazz for cows, because why not?

I don't know which I like more, the fact that these guys pulled over and...

May 10, 2014

Holy Cow, My Mother Was Right.

My sister, Devra Torres, shares a few of the things we love about our mother....

May 09, 2014

Parents who fail (and parents who don’t)

Not a failure: "My daughter is pregnant." Failure: "My daughter had an abortion because...

May 08, 2014

Kids and the occult: what’s your policy?

In my post for the Register about the Black Mass that will be reenacted at...

May 08, 2014

At the Register: Satan Isn’t Fussy, But Neither Is Christ

We don't have to be completely sincere or completely profound when we call on God....

May 08, 2014

The Church asks us to become expert lovers

at least according to Simcha Fisher, whoever that is, who has a new Tumblr account and...

May 07, 2014

Fisherland

Oh, it feels good to be on the cutting edge. The other day, I read...

May 06, 2014

At the Register: Yarr, Novenas

I don't know why the crestfallen pirate voice always seems appropriate to me, but it...

May 05, 2014

We Should Be Afraid

"Be not afraid," says the angel. Be not afraid, and entrust your life to...

May 05, 2014

Have you been in a “crisis pregnancy”?

I'm working on a project, and would love to hear from you -- women or...

May 05, 2014

#Patheos5Yrs (In which I use both hands to celebrate Patheos’ fifth anniversary)

Wellity wellity wellity, look who is five years old! No, not that Puerto Rican tire...

May 04, 2014

Free Bach every Friday!

Eventually, the new All of Bach website will host . . . well, all of...

May 01, 2014

I feel so invalidated!!!

I whined, you listened. Jessica Carney started things off nicely with the plainly stated Simcha...

May 01, 2014

At the Register: True Suffering Isn’t Photogenic

Don't add pain to pain by expecting it to "hurt so good." PIC emo tears...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

32 authors and one banana

. . . read excerpts from Jen Fulwiler's new book. I fought through my horrible...

April 30, 2014

Was it something I said?

You guys know I love you. You know how much I appreciate it when you...

April 29, 2014

At the Register: Something Other than God: Jennifer Fulwiler’s New Memoir

. . . is great! Of course it is. But it's even better than I...

April 29, 2014

Why don’t you like my shoes?

Okay, this is stupid, but so many people (3) had nice things to say about...

April 29, 2014

I’ll be on the Fargo Diocese’s “Real Presence” show live at 10 Eastern today

You can catch the live stream here on their website. Hope you can join me!

April 28, 2014

Have I told you lately that I know how to talk?

It's true! I have the speaker's page to prove it. I'd love to come speak...

April 27, 2014

Why I don’t do “What I Wore Sunday”

So we get to the First Communion preparation workshop, which is *sigh* somewhat earlier than...

April 24, 2014

At the Register: Doctrine doesn’t change over the phone

Ring-ring. Hello? Hi, it's the Pope, and guess what? It's OPPOSITE DAY! From Conversations that...