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April 2016

April 12, 2016

the rad trad approach is neither rad nor trad

I am not a theologian, nor do I play one on the internet. I am...

April 11, 2016

we need a theology of the body broken and violated

Because, as soon as I draw on the language that beautifies, I am pretending that...

April 09, 2016

How Feminism Strengthened My Christianity

I dared to think, and to see Mary as a woman who thought, who contemplated,...

April 07, 2016

we are called to work for social justice

An article from Crisis, entitled "The Misguided Compassion of Social Justice Catholics," by Dana R....

April 06, 2016

cultural appropriation is real, and it is a religious issue

Perhaps God does indeed work mysteriously through the turmoil of history, but the divinely comedic...

April 03, 2016

custody of the eyes, and the danger of nihilistic despair

Training in sexual responsibility should not draw lines around most of humanity and signal with...

April 01, 2016

when God walks among us, and women need not be afraid

we see the resurrected Christ make his appearance first to a woman, Mary Magdalene, and...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

thank you, donald trump!

The most effective way of ending abortion, I believe, lies in working tirelessly to end...

March 30, 2016

breastfeeding: a social justice issue

Breastfeeding is a moral issue, yes, but the moral responsibility lies with the society that...

March 28, 2016

Yes, We Can Dare Hope That All Will Be Saved

In the "Dear Padre" piece on the back of our church bulletin this past Easter...

March 28, 2016

on being the Easter people, and what this means for our view of Islam

During this Easter season, I implore my fellow Christians to extend hands in friendship to...

March 26, 2016

risen, and not undead (or, why Jesus is not a zombie)

“Dreamt that my little baby came to life again; that it had only been cold,...

March 25, 2016

the descent to the underworld

This nothingness, this emptiness, is sometimes worse than the passion of grief or the melancholy...

March 25, 2016

How Can We Call this Friday Good?

Good Friday suffering happens in the moment of profound darkness when it is impossible to...

March 24, 2016

Holy Thursday and the Carnivalesque

Depictions of the life of Jesus, in film, vacillate between the sentimental and the gory....

March 22, 2016

Disturbing Nature

Nature is violent, but innocent. And it can't be a basis for ethics.

March 21, 2016

pregnant, catholic, and unmarried: unconventional families and the catholic church

It's a shame that the veneration of Mary often is embroidered with a subtle rhetoric...

March 18, 2016

on the genealogy of feminine virtue

We are taught from early on how to be women. And then, at some...

March 17, 2016

relativism for me, but not for thee

"He was a creature of his time." Thus we excuse past slave-owners, war criminals, and...

March 16, 2016

public assistance, or private charity?

One common criticism of public assistance or government welfare programs, that they are poorly managed,...

March 14, 2016

whose family? which values? unconventional families and the church

"It takes a village." Why do people frown on this idea, as though it were...

March 11, 2016

in praise of the disgusting

There are forms of piety that turn away from all things dirty or disgusting, emphasizing...

March 10, 2016

suspect teleologies and the depersonalization of men

And why are we so accepting of the idea that men are reducible to tools...

March 09, 2016

the subjectivist ethics of “refusing to be a victim”

The topic of victimhood came up yesterday in two entirely separate groups devoted to...

March 08, 2016

catholicism and intersectionality

(image credit: pixabay) There's been a lot of talk about intersectionality lately, not only in...

March 07, 2016

of politics and friendship: or, surviving an election year without hating absolutely everyone

“Moreover, friendship would seem to hold cities together, and legislators would seem to be...

March 05, 2016

why controversial texts should be read in Catholic schools

Have you heard about this controversial writer? A political exile and vocal critic of several...

March 04, 2016

voting with your genitals: part 3

But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king...

March 03, 2016

voting with your genitals: part 2

Earlier I discussed gender bias in voting. Yes, it exists, but there's a latent hypocrisy...

March 03, 2016

voting with your genitals: part 1

I would love to have a woman for president, but am not supporting Hillary Clinton....

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