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December 2014

December 26, 2014

Douglas-to-Dust, Revisited

As we conclude this Advent Season, and now begin the Christmas Season, it's a perfect time...

December 21, 2014

No, He Wasn’t Boring, Meek and Mild, or Safe

I have to admit that the image of an anemic, meek and mild, almost frightened-looking Christ has always...

December 19, 2014

Can You Be Both Gay and Catholic?

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2014. THERE IS STILL TIME TO ORDER THE...

December 14, 2014

Evolving, Growing, Learning, Accepting

The premise of this blog is a faith in progress. One of my goals has...

December 06, 2014

Christmas And The Exercise Of Free Will

We Remain Free To Choose. Free will. We easily claim it for ourselves even...

November 2014

November 29, 2014

Advent: A Child, Not A Rambo

Stallone. Schwarzenegger. Willis. Three names, among many, that we effortlessly associate with action, rescue, triumph. Somewhere,...

November 22, 2014

Whom Do We See In The Homeless?

The temperature has dropped considerably here in New York City - seemingly earlier than usual....

November 16, 2014

Thomas Merton Speaks To The 21st Century

We recently observed the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Back...

November 09, 2014

Can You Be Both Gay and Catholic?

The Catholic Church has long recognized that a not negligible number of men and...

November 02, 2014

In Search of Praise

On All Soul's Day each year, we remember those who have departed this earth before...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

Messiness, Sausage Making, and Common Sense

Father Barron briefly weighs in on the recently-concluded Synod. His common sense is, as always, comforting. Approaching...

October 19, 2014

Let The Stones Fall From Our Hands So That They Can Come Together In Prayer

Church politics. As a recent revert, I've managed to avoid thinking much about it. My heart...

October 13, 2014

Microquakes (Updated)

Scientists tell us that Microquakes are imperceptible earthquakes with magnitudes less than 3. Why should...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Patience Is Bitter, But Its Fruit Is Sweet ~ Rousseau

Maybe it's because I'm a New Yorker. Put me on hold for more than 30...

September 22, 2014

I Will Not Fear, For You Are Ever With Me

Thomas Merton's prayer reminds us that simple desire and trust allow for a closeness that second-guessing often fails to...

September 15, 2014

Hearts and Brains and Courage – Oh My!

Austrian psychotherapist Alfred Adler may have died two years before the film release of The Wizard of...

September 11, 2014

A Field Hospital In The Heart of Manhattan – UPDATED

It was barely noticeable. Not much more than an autumn sniffle. At first. Then it...

September 07, 2014

Joel Osteen Held Open a Door for Me . . .

and I walked right through it. Joel and Victoria Osteen have received a lot of...

September 06, 2014

Of Pears, And Lusts, And Conversions, And Music

This is Sam He's wicked smart. He teaches. He writes. He explores. He expounds. And...

September 03, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence Has Been on My Mind A Lot Lately

But not in the way that you might think. We've all heard about the recent...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Wherein I Confess

I can't blog any more until I get this off my chest. It wouldn't be...

August 20, 2014

Somewhere Between Humbled and Humiliated

A person is known by the company he keeps - at least that's how...

August 18, 2014

Another Rich Young Man Involved in a Hit and Run

Well, it wasn't exactly his fault. I mean, he wasn't even driving. He wasn't even...

August 15, 2014

Argue. Complain. Agitate. Fidget. Rest. Surrender.

Maybe it stems from that independent American spirit that still grips a large part of...

August 15, 2014

Iraq’s Persecuted: How You Can Help Right Now

The Knights of Columbus, kofc.org, recently committed $1,000,000 of humanitarian aid in support of Iraq's...

August 14, 2014

The Last Temptation

Looking back from my perspective as a – ahem - mature adult, I can certainly...