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July 2017

July 06, 2017

The Firework People

There was an enormous explosion up the street. "That one's got to be illegal," I...

June 2017

June 28, 2017

Ohio Valley Canticle

I've been trying to fit in here for almost eleven years now-- trying to find a...

June 25, 2017

All of Us Relics

I get along better with relics than with live people.

June 21, 2017

They Are Sending Our Fellow Christians to Die

They are going to die. Just recently, about 200 Chaldean Christians-- Catholics like me and...

June 14, 2017

The Handmaid’s Tale: A Work of Empathy

What is it about The Handmaid's Tale that I find so engaging?

June 12, 2017

Still Water

My mother knew a religious sister-- let's call her Sister Angeline. Sister Angeline was a...

June 11, 2017

Portrait of a Healer

On the wall of my bachelor uncle's bedroom, in my paternal grandparents' house, there were two...

May 2017

May 29, 2017

The Violent Bear It Away: A Response To Dave Daubenmire’s Violent Idolatry

It's always strange to see someone I knew from my "old life" online. Years and years...

May 22, 2017

The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Lies

I see the Bride of Christ persecuting Christ, and it sickens me.

May 20, 2017

Darkly, But I See

I don't know how we'll keep ourselves alive across the river in West Virginia. I...

May 13, 2017

A Mother of One

I didn't feel like I felt a mother ought. I didn't have the right number...

May 03, 2017

Forgiveness Does Not Mean Going Back

A friend admitted she's not speaking to her mother anymore. Her mother has abused...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

What Would You Do?

In the first grade I had a spectacularly useless health book entitled "Health: Focus...

April 23, 2017

Stop Saying “There’s Always Adoption!”

If you're anything like me, you're noticing a lot of comments these days explaining how...

April 13, 2017

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross You...

April 09, 2017

Apologetics of Compassion

The Catholic Apologists are at war again. I know, it's Palm Sunday, I really...

April 07, 2017

The Syria Strike Is Not About Babies

Mark my words: this is not about the babies. It ought to be. It ought...

April 05, 2017

The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

We Adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Praying With A Madwoman’s Heart

It seems like a long time ago, now. She was one of the pious women...

March 29, 2017

The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross You...

March 28, 2017

Who is Steve Skojec, Anyway?

Who is Steve Skojec? Just over a year ago I was a grumpy, opinionated person...

March 28, 2017

Heroin, Bananas and the Cry of the Poor

Someone gave me an extra big tip on the blog tip jar, a few weeks...

March 22, 2017

The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls The Second Time

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross, you...

March 21, 2017

That They Might See

I had to take the bus downtown to turn in my "interim report," to prove...

March 17, 2017

Irish By Blood

My mother's family were Irish, from Waterford; they ended up in Columbus in the...

March 15, 2017

The Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy cross You...

March 14, 2017

In Case You Missed That Executive Order Yesterday

I was kind of busy yesterday, worrying about the ramifications of yanking healthcare coverage for...

March 08, 2017

The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy Cross you have...

March 03, 2017

The Second Station: Jesus Accepts His Cross

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by Your holy cross you...

March 01, 2017

The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your Holy Cross You...