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September 2016

September 19, 2016

Jesus Doesn’t Have a Plan for Your Life: A Series

Welcome to the wrap-up post of my 3 part-video series about Jesus and his alleged...

September 18, 2016

(Finale) Does Jesus REALLY Have a Plan for My Life?

The final video in my first-ever series of videos. Wrap-up post to come soon....

September 08, 2016

(Part 2) Does Jesus REALLY Have a Plan for My Life?

Part 2 of a 3 part series. You can see the first video here....

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Dear National Catholic Register, What is Your Problem?

You don't fire Mark Shea and Simcha Fisher within a day of each other. You...

August 11, 2016

Does Jesus REALLY Have a Plan for My Life?

Probably Not. At least, not my definition of "plan". Click here to watch in YouTube.

August 04, 2016

A Eulogy for a Socialist Coffee Shop

There's a right and a wrong way to be a socialist coffee shop. There's a...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Heaven is Other People: Jean Paul Sartre, Steve Martin, and Broadway

Pronouncing "Sartre" is hard, ok? Sartre said "Hell is other people." "Bright Star", a musical...

July 22, 2016

Country Music and Catholicism Have the Same Problem (Why the Saint’s Wouldn’t Listen to Luke Bryan)

You can see it when people try to justify their vote for either of our...

July 07, 2016

7 Things a Catholic Can Do Now that the World is Insane

The Catholic does not have the luxury of despair. We follow Jesus, who was never...

July 05, 2016

Every Song from Beyonce’s “Lemonade” and its Corresponding Old Testament Prophet

Hosea was disqualified because he could basically fit every song. Yes, this turns Jay-Z into...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

St. Paul, Pray for ISIS

St. Paul is the perfect saint for praying for our enemies. Let's dedicate ISIS and...

June 11, 2016

Mel Gibson is Making a “Passion” Sequel: So We’re Helping Him with the Title

Passion of the Christ 2 is coming to a theater near you! What do you...

June 05, 2016

Building the Church: an Interview with Michael Nevadomski

Visiting friends is always a joy, especially when your friend might be the literal hippest...

May 2016

May 12, 2016

What Beyonce and Pope Francis Have in Common

If the model for releasing Papal documents is going to be the same modes Beyonce...

May 06, 2016

Advice for Missionaries and Volunteers Leaving Their Term

It's a disorienting time to end your term as a FOCUS Missionary, a Jesuit Corps...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

Matt Walsh Readers are Voting Trump and Only Matt Walsh is Surprised

If you make people think that a certain type of argument and rationale is ok,...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

Back to the Basics for the Tridduum and Easter

We at Patheos enjoy our big words and deep, poetical theologies about the deep, poetical...

March 15, 2016

Evangelization as Generosity

Americans, trained by charlatan prosperity-gospel televangelists, have a very particular image of "Evangelization" in their...

March 09, 2016

#ConfessionConfessions

Confession Confessions is a movement started by my friends over at FOCUS trying to get...

March 02, 2016

Steve the Missionary on The Catholic Hipster

Tommy Tighe and Sarah Vabulas invited me to The Catholic Hipster Podcast to talk Pope...

March 02, 2016

6 Rules for Reading a Papal Interview

Click here to watch in YouTube. Realize That Plane Interviews are the LEAST Important Thing...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Kendrick Lamar and the Grammys’ Missed Opportunity

Awards in art and music are constantly finding themselves caught between awarding the best art...

February 11, 2016

Risen: The Christian Life has Always Been a Manhunt

This Friday, Sony Pictures with Affirm Films and TriStar Pictures is releasing Risen, the manhunt...

February 04, 2016

Album Review: Fear and Loving by Sam Rocha

In a great follow-up to his Augustinian Soul album "Late to Love", which I reviewed...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

A Pro-Life Message for Men

This video is dedicated to a college friend with *wildly* different opinions about abortion than...

January 20, 2016

Are Your Christmas Lights Still Up? Or do You Worship Mammon?

Click here to watch in YouTube. A video that covers the proper dates for celebrating...

January 13, 2016

David Bowie and the Platonic Forms

Click here to view in Youtube. It doesn't matter if it's David Bowie live, in...

January 06, 2016

An Embarrassment of Foreskins

To view in YouTube, click here. Cracked.com published an article, "The 5 Most Insanely Disturbing...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Best Catholic Music 2015 (#LEVVwins)

#LEVVwins In Catholic music, 2015 belonged to LEVV, the synth-pop collaboration between Audrey Assad and...

December 23, 2015

#MightBeMyAbuela

Yes, Hillary Clinton wants you to know how much she has in common with your...

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