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March 2014

March 03, 2014

Lenten Rookie Mistakes

[This post originally ran, in a slightly different form, in the National Catholic Register in...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

Where Be Story Editor?

Roland Joffé's new movie, There Be Dragons, is about half a good movie. What is...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Gung-ho

image source Most serious Catholics have had this experience: all on fire for some bracing,...

March 25, 2011

So tell me: Marriage Prep

All this talk about young married couples has sent me on a trip down memory...

March 23, 2011

Why doesn’t the Church just make a list?

image source When Catholics talk about NFP, someone always asks rather plaintively why the Church...

February 2011

February 25, 2011

The Jerk Returns!!!!!!!

Oh, but first, come see my post at the Register: "Not like that!" The spirituality...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Time for married priests?

Why doesn't the Latin Rite Church just start ordaining married men again? If men can't...

December 2010

December 21, 2010

More hope for religious art

Elizabeth Scalia posted a link (on Facebook, not on her blog -- but she always...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

Bless the Lord, O my sole

Guess what? I'm fat. About seven permanent pounds for each kid. I usually manage to...

November 21, 2010

La Blabbatore Romano

I'm not a moral theologian, and every time I try and play one on the...

November 19, 2010

7 Quick Takes: I have the pictures!

Oh yes! A Seven Quick Takes that is truly miscellaneous, like it's supposed to...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

You can’t be any poorer than dead – UPDATED

Trick-or-treaters might be coming around with UNICEF donation boxes. Don't give 'em a dime --...

October 18, 2010

Why not sterilize the inconvenient?

I don't know Jason Negri personally, and until his post on Friday I've had no...

October 07, 2010

Thought experiment

Belief in God is for the weak, who are just looking for comfort and an...

October 04, 2010

The Last Angel

I deliberately made this image too small so you'd have to click on this link...

September 2010

September 17, 2010

WWMD

Thanks to all the linky love (oh sheesh, did I just say that?) from real...

September 15, 2010

Pants Pass *sigh* COMMENTS CLOSED AGAIN

Sick of talking about pants yet? TOO BAD! I want to talk about pants! Some...

September 13, 2010

Pants: A Manifesto – COMMENTS CLOSED

Consider the following food for thought, and not a hard-and-fast directive. So in case you...

September 02, 2010

Pray to Edith Stein. It couldn’t hoit!

I don't know what my problem is, but I have a problem with novenas. ...

August 2010

August 06, 2010

Seven Quick Takes: “Isn’t It Holy?” Edition

It's so linky around here today, I can hardly stand it! I'm doing Seven Quick...

August 04, 2010

“I’m not a homosexual. I’m a man.”

Come on over and see me at Faith and Family today (for real this time!),...

July 2010

July 07, 2010

If the movie offend thee

You all surprise me. You really do. As I write, there are seven comments on...