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February 03, 2024

Amelia Bedelia and Interreligious Dialogue

[Note: a version of this piece first appeared in 2018, but the links to Page...

January 2024

January 30, 2024

On Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Taylor Swift

I woke up to find that the Right Wing has views on Taylor Swift again....

November 2022

November 18, 2022

You Don’t Need a Catechism to Tell You This is Wrong

Last night, the state of Alabama tried to kill a fellow human being. They...

October 2022

October 05, 2022

In the Best Month

It's October, the best month of all. The leaves are barely beginning to turn. You...

September 2022

September 20, 2022

An Irritated Rant on The Little Mermaid

I think I may be the only Millennial girl who never really liked The Little...

August 2022

August 08, 2022

At My Family’s Table

There's a game I play sometimes, and the name of the game is "eating."...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

Priests Never Say They’re Sorry

The month of June began with being told I had no dignity. That's probably not...

June 02, 2022

The Rainbow Didn’t Come From Outside

Today on Twitter I saw a meme, being shared approvingly by people in the conservative...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

A Word on the March for Life

Today is the annual March for Life. For the life of me, I don't understand...

December 2021

December 27, 2021

The Mystery of Holy Family Sunday

It always feels a bit awkward when Christmas falls on a Saturday, because all...

December 22, 2021

Traditionalists, the Barque of Peter, and Spiritual Abuse

I should probably have a hot take on the recent controversy over the restrictions...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

A Turkey Day Traffic Jam

Yesterday, I went downtown with a bag of all the extra groceries from my visit...

November 17, 2021

On the Question of Intentional Communities

You've surely heard by now of the humiliating downfall of the leader of Regina...

November 11, 2021

The Me I Do Not Know

Just a warning to others who have been traumatized by diets, I'm going to describe...

November 06, 2021

The Beginning of Wisdom is the End of Fear

Last week was Halloween. As anyone familiar with my work knows by now, my...

October 2021

October 21, 2021

The Colors of Autumn

It finally got cool in Steubenville. I love cool weather, but the sudden change always...

October 19, 2021

On Harassment and Spiritual Abuse in the Confessional

A friend mentioned online that she had been sexually harassed in the confessional. She...

October 10, 2021

The Wise Hag

I'm turning thirty-seven in less than two hours. Maybe that doesn't seem old to you....

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Actually, There Is Such A Thing As A Free Lunch

The topic on social media is school lunches today. I'm not sure where it...

August 2021

August 24, 2021

All the Prayer I have

The day started out badly, and then it got worse. The anxiety from the situation...

August 19, 2021

Refugees, Xenophobia and a Word From Old Scratch

A couple of years ago I got on the Steubenville city bus. The...

August 08, 2021

Of Delta, Vaccine Conspiracy Theories, Francis and the Leper

The Friendship Room is putting the plexiglass back on their porch. I don't think the...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

I Want To Move Back to Columbus

I want to move back to Columbus. I could not afford to move back...

July 25, 2021

Miracle of the Loaves

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John: Jesus went across the...

July 21, 2021

Even on the Banks of the Ohio

I went to a Divine Liturgy. This was my first Eastern liturgy since Forgiveness Sunday...

July 09, 2021

On The Feast of the Intact

We got through another first week and a half of July. It's never easy, if...

July 08, 2021

If Your Portal Offends You

A couple of weeks ago, a young woman I know on Twitter posted a...

July 06, 2021

Purity, Victim-Blaming and Martyrs: What If We Told the Truth?

A note to my readers who are victims of abuse: I'm going to talk...

July 06, 2021

A Day Out

We went to Pittsburgh this weekend. I'm not quite an accomplished enough driver to find...

July 02, 2021

The Noisy Time of Year

It's been awfully noisy around here. The annual two weeks of backyard fireworks have started...