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October 2015

October 15, 2015

An uninvited Pope and the power of words

A normal friend knocks at your door. An Argentinean friend opens the door and happily...

October 14, 2015

I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to …

I'm reading . . . A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1958). It turns...

October 13, 2015

Worth Watching Again: The Edge

The great part of this deft, brisk movie is that you can totally ignore these...

October 13, 2015

My Aleteia piece on the suffering faithful…

is spotlighted today: The Church is full of the obedient wounded. The flock...

October 10, 2015

Never mind the Columbus Day agita: Here’s the suppli

I'm gonna skip the Columbus Day agita this year and just pass along this...

October 09, 2015

What’s for Supper? Vol. 8: Pan Roasted Woodchuck with Autumnal Vengeance

Question of the week: What's your "Yay, It's Finally Fall Weather!" dish? Something that you...

October 08, 2015

“Something needs to be done,” Said the Princess

Are we done fretting about princess culture yet? Because I think I've found the final...

October 08, 2015

Married to an angry man: An open letter to the Synod Fathers (GUEST POST)

This is a guest post written by the friend of a friend. The writer goes by...

October 07, 2015

Everybody knows the Church will change. (Everybody is wrong.)

Many Catholics believe the Synod on the Family will drive home the final nail in...

October 06, 2015

Shush. Your mother is trying to listen.

If you came in in the middle of the process, you'd think I was...

October 06, 2015

shush your mother is trying to listen

When a fight breaks out between my kids, and they can't solve it on their...

October 05, 2015

The lady was sad, and MAD. (We showed the kids an opera!)

My kids' experience with opera comes entirely from Bugs Bunny, and we really wanted them to...

October 02, 2015

I’m very happy to see TRUMP signs appearing around town . . .

Because now every time I see one of these: I'll be armed with a bunch...

October 02, 2015

What’s for Supper? Vol. 7: Meatloaf: A Tragicomedy

Just the facts! SUNDAY Grilled pizza sandwiches These are not only delicious, easy to make,...

October 01, 2015

Can American writers write happy endings?

The British get Tom Jones and Dickens and Shakespeare's comedies, but what do we Americans...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Adult American novels with happy endings?

My teenage daughter is looking for good novels or short stories for a school project....

September 30, 2015

I’m reading, I’m watching, I’m listening to . . .

I'm reading . . . Zorro by Isabel Allende. Allende is definitely a guilty pleasure....

September 29, 2015

Your family is not your brand

Even a family that is nuts doesn't fit into a nutshell. Families are too...

September 28, 2015

What’s for supper? Vol. 6: In which we enjoy the World Meeting of Families by eating

We took the baby and drove to Philadelphia on Thursday, so I could speak at...

September 24, 2015

Off to Philadelphia!

Hope to see you there! My speech is Friday at 11:45. The official title is...

September 22, 2015

Blessed Are the Useless

This is the connection that we need to hear over and over again: we're not...

September 18, 2015

What’s for supper? Vol. 5: Shut up, bouillon cubes. You don’t know me.

First, I just wanted to check in with you guys, because I worry. The last...

September 17, 2015

A church of oddballs

The woman is wrong if she thinks that a great church means a place where atheists and...

September 16, 2015

Benny and the Jerk Balloon

My three-year-old may be the most emotionally healthy person in the world. I came across...

September 15, 2015

Who do we really mean that Jesus is?

Thousands of years after Jesus walked the earth, we need to understand that Jesus wants...

September 14, 2015

Roald Dahl > John Steinbeck (up to a point)

Today was Roald Dahl Day. You've probably read all the famous books by him -- James...

September 11, 2015

What’s for Supper? Vol. 4: Workin’ on my night cheese

Alternate title for this week's dinner round-up: This Is Why I'm Fat. Hey, if you...

September 10, 2015

So I says to God, I says . . .

The following story is not for the squeamish. You may have noticed that I haven't...

September 10, 2015

Why does the Church make things so complicated?

If a dumb sheep starts nibbling on the medicine spoon, rather than drinking the medicine,...

September 08, 2015

Happy birthday, Antonín Dvořák!

Born on this lavishly romantic day in 1841. Did you know that he was a...