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April 2017

April 15, 2017

Mary Magdalene – Preacher or Prostitute?

Both the prostitute legend and the wife theory reduce Mary to her sexuality. And so,...

April 13, 2017

this is not the God of vengeance

His disciples must really not have been paying attention to half his teachings, if they...

April 10, 2017

Jesus was not an alpha

unless you want to define and redefine and twist the concept until it has no...

April 05, 2017

my family did the benedict option before it was cool – and here’s why it doesn’t work

And there’s something touchingly tragic about it: because on a fundamental level, one can see...

April 04, 2017

don’t like all the negativity in the blogosphere? there’s a cure for that

Why aren’t you talking about the lives of the Metaphysical Poets, or the Catacombs of...

March 2017

March 18, 2017

the feast of st. patrick, potato famine, and the consequences of injustice

So if indigenous slaves hadn't been forced to harvest bat poo in Peru, and if...

March 14, 2017

about those “other” NFP families

Part of the problem is that unless you have a child every two years or...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

talking to my child about privilege

My son, usually very relaxed about conversations on topics of justice, rolled his eyes. "But...

February 22, 2017

genetic testing and hereditary disease: some gifts we can not control

But when I think about hereditary disease, and those who have not been as lucky...

February 14, 2017

the feast of st valentine for the morbid and melancholy

For those of us who can't stand pink fluffy stuff, being more inclined towards the...

February 10, 2017

ten things we feminists wish you knew about us

First of all: there are many feminisms. What you learn about what feminist, or one...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

the problem with “I did it, they can too”

If your response to these is braggadocio and insult ("Let them do what I did....

January 20, 2017

“america first” is not a catholic option

The Good Samaritan is now seen as a bleeding heart SJW; the priest who passed...

January 16, 2017

women’s march drops pro-life group – what’s a pro-life feminist to do?

We should not be excluded from this march. We have risked personal and professional relationships...

January 11, 2017

they tell me my body is sacred. what does this really mean?

we have a theology that likes to reference female sacred-ness in order to keep us...

January 02, 2017

the feast of the theotokos, and the theology of the female body

Sure, in the New Testament we have one woman who lived with a man not...

December 2016

December 04, 2016

do we long for the justice of the lord – or do we fear it?

Are we oppressed, or oppressor? Should we long for justice, or should we fear it?...

December 02, 2016

all these years of yoga, and I’m still not possessed

there's a hint of western supremacy in these arguments, because the same people who dread...

December 01, 2016

I’m glad pope francis hasn’t responded to the cardinals

Marriage, sexuality, family life, and child-raising are all complex matters because of the unique irrepeatable...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

advent, our season of eros and discontent

It is the season which acknowledges our fundamental inability to rest perfectly easily in the...

November 13, 2016

hey, george soros, where’s my check?

I regret to say, it is not as exciting as you think. We never were...

November 11, 2016

at a time of upheaval, violence is not the answer – but neither is authoritarian unity

An essay to annoy everyone

November 11, 2016

closing time. a farewell to leonard cohen

If what we've been told is true, we find God in the darkness, and in...

November 10, 2016

why I don’t toe the line: pacifism and the hypocrisy of “religious liberty” rhetoric

Where the hell was the defense of religious liberty for my Church of Christ forbears...

November 09, 2016

I reject the false unity of exclusion and supremacy

The unity that comes only by excluding all those who don't fit in is not...

November 08, 2016

four quotations from dorothy day, on her birthday, to inspire our revolution

What revolution are you seeking? Whom are you trying to overthrow? Whatever evils or injustices...

November 05, 2016

friends don’t let divorced friends read “the remnant”

This is slander, and bad journalism. I suppose this arises, though, from the same febrile...

November 04, 2016

politics is serious business – and that’s why it’s important not to let it destroy relationships

The horror of tyranny is not that it makes everything political, but that it strips...

November 03, 2016

Catholic Women Have Mary – So What Are We Complaining About?

We don't have Mary. The men have her, neatly fossilized in pink-and-white statues, silent, subdued.

November 01, 2016

the body of christ, the body politic, and the upcoming election

But these are only dreams. They are good dreams to have, because they should leave...