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2023-04-01T14:33:50-04:00

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When the World is Returning to Life

Last updated on: April 1, 2023 at 2:33 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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She was just one of those people I met, a long time ago, when I was at Franciscan University. She wasn’t somebody I knew. She was only somebody who hung out with somebody else I knew, so I saw her from time to time. Once I went with her and a group of friends on a hike at Raccoon Creek State Park, in March, when the world is returning to life. I was in my good shoes, which got... Read more

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2023-03-30T19:42:19-04:00

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A Word on Trump’s Indictment

Last updated on: March 30, 2023 at 7:42 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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Today is an historic day. In case you’re just joining us: today it was announced that a Grand Jury in the state of New York has voted to indict former reality TV star Donald Trump. This is the first of what promises to be a slew of criminal indictments for Trump: he’s currently under investigation for his treasonous actions on January Sixth, for tax fraud, for election tampering, and I can’t even remember what else. No other ex-president in... Read more

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2023-03-28T21:59:46-04:00

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Harbinger of Spring

Last updated on: March 28, 2023 at 9:59 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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The panic was severe for the longest time, and then it evaporated. The insomnia went on and on, and then I fell asleep. I was more afraid than I’d ever been, and suddenly I couldn’t feel fear even if I wanted to. I felt the opposite of fear, which is not well-being but despair. I felt depression. It wasn’t very bad depression, just the few days of emotional exhaustion that always follow my most severe OCD and anxiety. I didn’t... Read more

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2023-03-28T17:34:34-04:00

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Again, America has Chosen Guns over Children

Last updated on: March 28, 2023 at 5:34 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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A long time ago, when I was a teenager, I was taken to a banquet to raise money for a crisis pregnancy center. It was one of those galas where you pay a high cover price to get in, and they serve you a dinner and dessert, and then you listen to a sermon telling you why you should pony up even more money. I suppose everybody goes to such a banquet, for one cause or another, at some... Read more

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2023-03-26T16:36:02-04:00

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Spiritual Abuse and the Mystery of the Raising of Lazarus

Last updated on: March 26, 2023 at 4:36 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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I don’t think I’m going to church today. As I write this, my ride will be here in an hour, to take the family to an evening Mass. But my spectacular failure two weeks ago is making me sick just thinking about it. The panic attack was too severe. I spent the next week with the worst anxiety of my life. The heart racing, the night terrors, the obsessive compulsive loops that went on for hours were too much. I think... Read more

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2023-03-23T18:47:34-04:00

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The Great Fire of LaBelle

Last updated on: March 23, 2023 at 6:47 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It was evening but not yet dark, when the Lost Girl texted me. “My neighbor’s house is on fire.” Houses burn in LaBelle. Often it’s the faulty electricity, which nobody can afford to update. Sometimes it’s a person whose gas has been shut off for a late payment, trying to survive a cold night on a space heater that overwhelms the wiring. Sometimes it’s homeless people squatting in a derelict and trying to light a campfire. Several years ago we... Read more

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2023-03-22T16:00:15-04:00

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Looking Back at the Church of Donald Trump

Last updated on: March 22, 2023 at 4:00 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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He’s back in the news again, as ever: former reality TV star and failed politician Donald Trump. Donald Trump who lost the popular vote but won the electoral college to the least likeable Democratic candidate in recent history in 2016. Donald Trump who proceeded to helm the Republican party in to monumental losses in 2018, 2020, and 2022. The thrice-married philanderer backed by those who believe in “traditional marriage.” The man who was going to save the unborn... Read more

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2023-03-20T23:14:01-04:00

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On the First Day of Spring

Last updated on: March 20, 2023 at 11:14 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It’s the first day of spring, and I’m not doing so well. Today’s the anniversary of buying my first car, the car that ended up a home for an addicted woman in Columbus, and I haven’t been driving in three months. Serendipity is parked in front of my house, and she won’t start. This has been going on for three months now. It’s something to do with the wiring. The Lost Girl’s uncle won’t return calls and we’ve given up... Read more

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2023-03-17T00:46:45-04:00

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A South Carolina Bill is Unmasking the Pro-Life Movement

Last updated on: March 17, 2023 at 12:46 am By Mary Pezzulo

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We all need to look very carefully at what’s happening in South Carolina– because a bill being proposed will be called a pro-life bill, and it could get people killed. NBC has reported: South Carolina Republicans are pushing legislation that would make a person who undergoes an abortion subject to the state’s homicide laws, which include the death penalty. The South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act would “ensure that an unborn child who is a victim of homicide is afforded equal... Read more

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2023-03-15T15:57:26-04:00

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The Birds, the Bees, and the Bible: Some Very Bad Christian Takes on Sex

Last updated on: March 15, 2023 at 3:57 pm By Mary Pezzulo

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It’s almost spring. The flowers are blooming and the birds and the bees have come back. And as happens every year, Christians on the internet are being disturbingly weird about sex. I guess it started last week, with an unbelievably nasty article which was eventually pulled from the Gospel Coalition website. The article was actually a chapter from an upcoming book, Beautiful Union by Joshua Ryan Butler. In the article, he referred to a vagina as a “sanctuary” and described... Read more

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