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October 2014

October 21, 2014

Discernment: What It Does and Doesn’t Mean

PIC wizard watching chicken It does mean: The Holy Spirit works kind of like MSG, enhancing and heightening...

October 16, 2014

Working moms: what would help?

Children are good for society, fiscally and in every other way. Children who are well-cared...

October 14, 2014

Don’t bubble-wrap your kids

PIC deformed tree My son, who is twelve, recently wanted to buy a comic...

October 09, 2014

At Synod, Sex-Obsessed Catholic Church Finally Talks About Sex, Finally

It is stunning that the Bishops are talking about sex! As long as you are...

October 07, 2014

Believe it or not, having ten kids changes you.

Baby #1: Uh oh, I think the jelly I had on my toast yesterday might...

October 02, 2014

How welcoming is your parish?

You have ideas, I know you do! The one rule is: it has to be fairly...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Catholics, Cotton Candy, and Comeuppance

PIC Care Bear farting a rainbow And I says to myself, I says,...

September 23, 2014

Should Catholics read anti-Catholic materials?

Do you know what happens when you only read things that you already know...

September 16, 2014

What are you doing for catechism this year?

For the older kids, in 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, I give up. Wait,...

September 04, 2014

What About Behavioral and Spiritual Arguments Against Vaccines?

PIC vaccine As we can see from Tuesday's post and the response to it, it's...

September 02, 2014

Science, Catholics, and Fear

PIC doctor pocking cash More and more, religious people are pitching their tents in...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

What did the Pope mean by “sins against unity”?

PIC house with cracked foundation Ideas are like houses, and other people are like ....

August 26, 2014

Catholics with a Past

"The man who has not suffered, what can he possibly know, anyway?" says Rabbi Abraham...

August 19, 2014

At the Register: The Culture of Blechh

What kind of person responds to someone's joy with an agenda? I don't even care...

August 07, 2014

At the Register: God and the Hungry Belly

[L]et's make a distinction here. Christ and the saints exhort us to deny ourselves, to voluntarily...

August 05, 2014

At the Register: A New (Old) Way to Apologize

The teacher started scheduling weekly "clean-ups." Students relished in the opportunity to admit wrongdoing, share intent...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

At the Register: Chemo While Pregnant? L’Chaim!

PIC pregnant woman on chemo Pregnant women have been successfully treating their cancer...

July 22, 2014

At the Register: A chat with Mary’s Shelter founder Kathleen Wilson

SF:That seems like the hallmark of how your run Mary’s Shelter: you don’t only...

July 17, 2014

At the Register: To serve your parents

Late afternoon finds me slaving over a hot Facebook page, gorging on a smorgasbord of...

July 10, 2014

At the Register: Maite Roche is a treasure

As a writer with children, I receive lots and lots of Catholic children's...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

At the Register: We Who Are About to Camp Salute You

As I write, I may have nothing packed, nothing purchased, and nothing planned, but I...

June 24, 2014

At the Register: The Tabernacle Holds the Heart of the Church

PIC tabernacle I struggle hard to believe the best about people's intentions, but I...

June 19, 2014

At the Register: Babies as Teachers

Skeptics may groan at yet another extraneous, feel-good program, where tax dollars are squandered on things...

June 17, 2014

At the Register: Baby Got Backstory

MR. BAX AND HIS TOXIC BEANS. In this groundbreaking docufairytale, a race of strong, gentle...

June 12, 2014

At the Register: What makes a good dad?

There are a good many variations on the theme of being a good dad. Some...

June 10, 2014

At the Register: When Your Child Has Problems

Bouncing off Jen Fitz's advice for Christian parents of transgendered children, I have a few...

June 05, 2014

At the Register: Worry, and Other Unappealing Temptations

PIC snake eating itself When we are tempted to fall into chronic worry,...

June 03, 2014

At the Register: An Army that Intends to Win

The Bishop reminded the confirmandi that it wasn't that long ago that they received a...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

At the Register: The AP Styleguide to Galileo, Pedophiles, and Galileo

Journalism shmournalism. This stuff is easy.

May 20, 2014

At the Register: We All Need Re-Creation

At least some of our leisure time should be spent in recreation -- literally. And...