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May 2015

May 07, 2015

On the radio with Jen Fulwiler today!

Around 1:20 eastern, I'll be on the great Jennifer Fulwiler's SiriusXM radio show. With...

May 06, 2015

The Year of Mercy logo stinks. Here’s why it’s okay to say so.

The Year of Mercy has a logo, and it stinks! I have a few more...

May 05, 2015

But it’s not my job!

Any normal person, when faced with a heap of excrement like this, would go get...

May 04, 2015

May the Fourth just leave my poor three-year-old alone?

In a craven attempt to grab some page views on a day when I'm too...

May 01, 2015

Can they say that on Catholic radio? The Visitation Project can.

Holy cow, this looks like fun. Three of my favorite Catholic women are teaming up...

May 01, 2015

St. Joseph the Window Washer

Happy feast of St. Joseph the Worker! I was a little confused (NOT THAT I'VE...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Carve Out Time for These Few Essentials

You'll also find regular exercise gives you more energy to do something that is absolutely...

April 29, 2015

New to me: the wonderful Samatha Crain

I was grousing to myself about spending yet another evening and afternoon driving back and...

April 29, 2015

My horsie has something to say about homosexuals, racism, vaccines, circumcision, autism, sexism, and weed.

Oh lord, there he goes again! You know this teacher. He's the one who can...

April 28, 2015

We’ve tried nothing, Lord.

That's the problem: it's complicated. Maybe too complicated for any administrative fiat or change in...

April 27, 2015

This and that, baby pics, and a baptism!

Today, I hope to get caught up on emails. I'm sorry to say I pretty...

April 26, 2015

“Call your mother” magnet winners!

Congrats to Elizabeth Breslin, Joseph Nelson, Laura Colon, Candice Combs, and Stephanie Schmitz. I've sent emails to...

April 24, 2015

Giveaway! The perfect gift for your graduate

Time for a little giveaway! My dear husband cleaned off the top of the refrigerator,...

April 23, 2015

Archbishop Joseph Naumann Replaces Finn, Signalling Change in Missouri Diocese

Finn may not have been aware of Ratigan's actions, but he should have been. There...

April 22, 2015

Monday through Saturday faith?

Question from a friend: I'm putting together the Newman Center program for next academic...

April 21, 2015

Worth another look: Joe Versus the Volcano

“Dear god, whose name I do not know, Thank you for my life. I forgot......

April 20, 2015

We would have been a loving family . . .

. . . if there had been somebody there to take pictures of us every...

April 17, 2015

The Day I Bought Steak with My Food Stamps

I cried every night, the week before I finally applied for food stamps. I was...

April 16, 2015

Love isn’t supposed to be efficient.

Jesus died for everybody, true. But He also died for each of us, specifically, individually,...

April 15, 2015

Let’s play “What Didn’t I Notice Sticking to My Ass Today?”

In yesterday's thrilling installment, a desperate woman stopped on the way home from school, left...

April 14, 2015

Ten pleasures that Gwyneth Paltrow will never know

2. The invisible, celebratory fireworks that explode in your head when the credit card machine...

April 10, 2015

Skirt season is chafing season. What’s a meaty girl to do?

One year, deep in the throes of some emotional complex about femininity, I wore dresses...

April 09, 2015

Salon Christianity Secrets: The Fine Art of Doing Zero Research

The Salon piece is a prime example of the fine art of doing zero research. To...

April 09, 2015

USPS accidentally creates brilliant tribute to the mediocrity of Maya Angleou

Maya Angelou has been dead long enough. As someone who still owes money on my...

April 08, 2015

So you want to start a blog?

Every so often, someone asks me for tips on launching a new blog. Here...

April 07, 2015

I don’t know nothin’ about raisin’ no babies, apparently.

That's not a naked bottom. That's a grenade, and you are its next victim unless...

April 06, 2015

On the radio today: ERRYTHING

I'm not gonna lie to you: ever since I had the baby, if you took...

April 02, 2015

Grace is free, but not all fees are simony

The expense of obtaining a decree of nullity makes it difficult for some people to...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Nobody told me!

This isn't about Communion in the hand vs. Communion on the tongue. This is about...

March 27, 2015

Hollywood is Lady Tremaine: Why I love Branagh’s Cinderella

Saw it, liked it! I agree with just about everything Steve Greydanus says here. I...