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October 2013

October 29, 2013

On the Scouring of the Shire

Now at the end of re-reading The Lord of the Rings, it occurs to me that...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

Woman Priests Courageous Pioneers?

The Anchoresses fumes over the latest "ordination" of a Catholic woman here. I cannot disagree....

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Will Many Be Saved?

...or how the sweet, but noxious atmosphere of universalism has undermined the Catholic Church's mission...

August 13, 2013

The Pope the Dog and the Bicycle Bell

Someone has joked, "In Central America it's not really a valid Mass unless there is...

August 06, 2013

Call Me an Evangelical Charismatic Liberal Conservative Progressive Traditionalist…

...or call me Catholic. One of my life slogans is the dictum by F.D.Maurce that...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

The Curse of Casual Catholicism

Back in April I began a series on What’s Killing American Catholicism. The first post...

July 23, 2013

Peace and Justice Catholics – Just Aging Hippies?

There seems to be an undefined group of Catholics who some call "Peace and Justice...

July 18, 2013

Broken Marriage? It’s Complicated…

I hear all the fuss, alarm and outrage about same sex marriage, but the more...

July 16, 2013

The Roots of Rage

This summer in America has erupted in racially charged protests about the verdict on the...

July 15, 2013

Mantilla the Hon on Pope Francis

Guest blogger Mantilla Amontillado is the founder of Veritas Vestments. She holds a degree in...

July 13, 2013

Nine Abortions? So What?

Following the triumphant pro-life, pro-women's health legislation in Texas, a report in London's Daily Telegraph...

July 11, 2013

Coca Cola Catholicism

Back in April I began a series on What's Killing American Catholicism. Events and other...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Punchy History

Review by guest blogger and Standing on My Head book reviewer Christian LeBlanc. I love...

June 04, 2013

Division, Diversity and Dissent

The Bishop was present in the parish over the weekend to celebrate the sacrament of...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

Frodo Baggins and St Therese

The Little Way Through Middle Earth is a long article I wrote some time ago...

May 24, 2013

The Solution to the AmChurch Problem

Three timely books are available which diagnose the problem of the American Church and the...

May 22, 2013

Help My Kids Still Aren’t Catholic!!

An earlier post this week with a similar title evoked the most passionate comments I've...

May 19, 2013

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 4

Cut Off Catholicism vs. Continuous Catholicism In the midst of composing this series on what's...

May 07, 2013

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 3

Sorry for the break from blogging, but parish and family life have been very busy...

May 01, 2013

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 2

I'm continuing a series on things that are destroying American Catholicism. They all begin with...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

What’s Killing American Catholicism – 1

Reading Sherry Weddell's excellent Forming Intentional Disciples is making me think about the American church and what...

February 2013

February 10, 2013

Radical Radiant Catholicism

In his book Evangelical Catholicism George Weigel says, "There is no future for lukewarm Catholicism."...

January 2013

January 02, 2013

Gospel Stories, Myths and Legends

They're So Beautiful! On the week before Christmas in 1941 my grandfather was walking with...

January 01, 2013

Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of Me

I had a Southern Baptist friend who thought it was amusing, when visiting Catholic churches,...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Are the Gospels a Myth?

One of the most common pronouncements by the atheists in the combox is that "Christianity...

December 04, 2012

Materialism, Manicheanism and the Matrix

Do you remember that stylish film The Matrix? The hero, Neo Anderson, exists in a dull,...

December 02, 2012

Wake Up and Smell the Catastrophe

You know the theory that a frog put in a pan of water will stay...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Deliver Us From Successful Catholics

What I mean is "successful" in the world's terms. Now that I've returned to America...

November 27, 2012

What I Didn’t Say About Christ the King

One of the difficulties about preaching is there is too much to say and too...

November 21, 2012

The Real Divisions in the Church of England

Yesterday I posted an explanation of the complex relationships within the Church of England. I...

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