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August 21, 2025

On the Death of James Dobson

I woke up this morning and found out that James Dobson was dead. It's hard...

June 2024

June 18, 2024

The Battle for the Sense of Self: A Review of “Inside Out 2”

To my regular readers: this isn't just one of my usual posts with musings about...

June 16, 2024

We Will Be Examined In Love

The message came as I was waiting for my scan. I'm sorry that I'm...

January 2024

January 14, 2024

What it Means to be A Communion of Saints

I remembered this weekend that most everybody likes to know facts about the lives of...

December 2023

December 05, 2023

A Word On Deliverance Prayer

I want to draw your attention to an important article by Dan Sealana, about a...

December 02, 2023

Church Militant Continues to Melt Down

The circus surrounding Michael Voris's resignation from Saint Michael's Media and Church Militant just...

November 2023

November 30, 2023

A Former Charismatic Confronts the Devil

It was one of those days that's very hard for former Charismatics. In fact,...

November 27, 2023

We Encounter Christ in Other People

I didn't die last week. Thank you to the people who were so kind to...

November 18, 2023

A Penitential Season

The season of Advent is coming. There was a package of purple and pink Advent...

August 2023

August 02, 2023

Dear Bishop Barron: The Problem is the Church

I try not to pay attention to Bishop Robert Barron, and I fail. He's the...

June 2023

June 27, 2023

And Christ is my Mother

On Sunday, after I went swimming, I went to Mass. Swimming is where I do...

June 22, 2023

If God Has Not Changed

"Would you like a picture of Jesus?" said a young man, standing on the...

June 01, 2023

Meet Me Where I Am

The past week or so has been difficult. I've been subjected to a barrage of...

April 2023

April 26, 2023

Sunday on Emmaus Road

I was going to try to go back to regular Sunday Mass attendance after Easter,...

March 2023

March 26, 2023

Spiritual Abuse and the Mystery of the Raising of Lazarus

I don't think I'm going to church today. As I write this, my ride will...

March 05, 2023

Outline of a Cross

It wasn't a very good weekend. A friend I know on social media was having...

February 2023

February 22, 2023

A Fast Day and a Dying Hart

I thought last night about my dream of the suffering hart, the one I...

February 11, 2023

When Sunday is a Problem

Sunday, and the day before, continue to be a problem. I tried again to...

February 08, 2023

On the Shunning of Francine or Frances

Her name wasn't really Francine McIntosh. That's a pseudonym used in the transcripts of...

January 2023

January 13, 2023

In a January Way

January is an agnostic time. You'd be hard pressed to profess anything, in January, in...

December 2022

December 05, 2022

Here In The Disaster

The last few days haven't been very good. I'm having my usual seasonal anxiety, on...

December 01, 2022

The Mystery of the Red Advent Box

I took Adrienne to Sunday Mass, just like always. I don't like to go to...

September 2022

September 02, 2022

In Search of the Light Yoke

On Sunday, as you know, I was sick. On Monday and Tuesday, the horrible...

July 2022

July 03, 2022

A Sermon and an Outburst

I went to Mass today. It's hard going back to Mass at home after being...

June 2022

June 18, 2022

A Weekend Pilgrimage

This weekend I drove to Columbus by myself, repenting. To repent means to turn...

June 11, 2022

A Toad and a Creepy Thing

I do my best thinking when I garden. Gardening is where I meditate and contemplate...

May 2022

May 31, 2022

On the Feast of Saint Joan of Arc

Yesterday was stifling hot, so Rose and I went to the beach-- the sandy...

March 2022

March 28, 2022

A Word on Demons in the Charismatic Renewal

I want to say a little more about the Charismatic Renewal. Earlier this year, I...

March 02, 2022

Religious Trauma and Lent: What are We To Do?

I just want to remind everyone that if you suffer from religious trauma, or...

February 2022

February 21, 2022

The Choice Between Two Gods

It started last week, I suppose, when a social media friend who was suffering from...