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July 2015

July 02, 2015

Catholicism Is Not a Set of Rules, but a Response

I seriously need a 12 step program to help me get past my addiction to...

July 01, 2015

Guest Post: #LoveWins

Jacob has guest posted on my blog before when he shared his letter to A&E...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

It's Not About the environment, it is About Love

I have spent the last 6 days in bed with a horrible cold that turned...

June 13, 2015

Making Breakfast, Going to Mass and my Failure to Love

I have had this book on St. Therese for a pretty long time. In the...

June 05, 2015

Light in a Dark World

** This is a guest post of sorts. My therapist wrote this article for the...

June 04, 2015

In Case You're Confused

In a conversation yesterday someone told me that I was sowing confusion by using “she”...

June 03, 2015

Why I Stay Catholic

There are so many times when I ask myself why the heck I am Catholic....

June 02, 2015

Why I can Call Her Caitlyn

This is the thing about the entire Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner thing for me: I can respect...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Dialogue Requires Listening, not Just Talking

*** I would ask you if you are not Catholic or even Christian to please...

May 20, 2015

Love: the Fire that Burns

This past weekend my husband and I set out on a trip to Amarillo, Texas...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

No, I am not a Heretic

(Disclaimer: I’m very cranky.) So people are talking a lot about gay marriage because SCOTUS...

April 06, 2015

Keep me safe, O God; You are my Hope

This year’s Holy Week was amazing in so many ways. I have spent a lot...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

I Tolerate You as long as You Agree with Me

Apparently Dolce and Gabbana have been taking a lot of heat for saying that they...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Fat Tuesday with Jesus at a Coffee Shop

About two weeks ago my husband started calling me Sassy Cat. We saw a sign...

February 11, 2015

It is Good to Enjoy Sex

Today on my show (which you can hear at 10pm est. time) I am really going to...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Taking Time to Fall in Love Again

I feel like it’s been a year since I wrote a blog post! I’ve been...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Post Conversion Friend Fail

As Catholics we sometimes get tempted to seal ourselves up in our own bubbles and...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Mike Brown, My Life and Peace

Like a lot of people I sat glued to my TV last night watching the...

November 17, 2014

Proverbs 31 Fail, or Maybe Not

So yesterday at Mass the first reading was out of Proverbs 31 which for me...

November 12, 2014

I can Only Change Myself

For 5 years I have heard that joy is what is underneath the water surface....

November 10, 2014

Perfect Love Casts out All Fear

I have such a hard time believing that God loves me just as I am....

November 07, 2014

7 Quick Takes on Good Therapists and Being Thankful

1. Last Friday at this time I was looking for a bridge to jump...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Even When I Feel Alone

I do not feel God anywhere today. I felt Him on Sunday and when I...

October 24, 2014

7 Quick Takes Fall Edition

1. I don't know if I say this in a blog post every fall, but...

October 22, 2014

How To Love

It seems like some people think that I’m “ok” with my life in slutville. And...

October 21, 2014

Like a Virgin

Have you seen the video of the singing nun doing a remake of Like a...

October 14, 2014

The Deaf Can't Hear

I hear the word “disordered” all the time when talking about gay people and I...

October 13, 2014

Pharisees and Spades

I woke up this morning to news of the mid-report from the Synod. Things just...

October 10, 2014

7 QTs Things I've Learned In Therapy

1. Yesterday I was talking to my husband and I said "In the last...

October 04, 2014

Relationships and Healing

Relationships are the hardest part of being human for me. I guess if you look...