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July 2016

July 25, 2016

Starving Laypeople of Devotion in Church

I just wrapped up (and really enjoyed) Eamon Duffy's The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

Aunt Alberta And Being Right (but the boring way)

I've been rereading the Narnia series (in publication order) with a group of friends, and...

June 07, 2016

The Virtues of Sad Songs (a piece for three voices)

After I covered the empty sweetness of some contemporary Christian music, I got a mix...

June 06, 2016

The (Extra) Mercy of My Conversion

Kristine Franklin invited me on to her radio show, Mercy Unwrapped, a few weeks ago...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Hedgehogs of Redemption and the Comedy of Grace

One of my friends has been coordinating a series of Narnia book clubs, and, prompted...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

Dwelling In Wounds To Hide From Grace

I really enjoyed seeing a broadcast of Kenneth Brannagh's The Winter's Tale (and, if the...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Letting Go of the Goal of a Hardcore Lent

I'm at Aleteia today to talk about picking small sacrifices for Lent, and staying open...

February 17, 2016

Finding Ways to Let Lent Interrupt

It's been a week since Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, and, if you...

February 10, 2016

Repeating Last Year’s Lent

I'm doing the same thing this year for Lent as I did last year: Giving...

February 01, 2016

Advice on Persisting in Prayer with the Caritas Podcast

Last week, I climbed the curbside snowbanks to meet up with the women of Caritas, a...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

Receiving Fraternal Correction from Non-Catholics [Saints Bookclub]

In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Anselm Lived at the *Wrong* Scale [Saints Bookclub]

In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Contemplation and Comment Moderation for Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent -- the season of preparation for Easter....

February 09, 2015

Learning the Dragonslayer’s Laughter [Saints Bookclub]

In 2015, I’m reading and blogging through Ronald Knox’s collection of sermons on Christian exemplars, Captive Flames: On...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

When Public Religion is Rare, It Gets Weird

Although every Saint Patrick's Day, streets shut down for a quasi-Catholic-related march, the American St....

January 13, 2015

How Small a Promise Can a Vocation Be?

I'm looking forward to hearing Eve Tushnet speak about her book, Gay and Catholic: Accepting...

January 05, 2015

Discussing Continuing Conversion & Prayer with Mark Shea

Last week I joined Mark Shea on his radio show to chat about my conversion,...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

Catching the Joy of Others [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I read and blogged through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...

December 04, 2014

Paying Penalties to Keep a Prayer Rule

Today, I'm over at the Beeminder Blog, with a guest post on ways to use...

December 03, 2014

So, where should a gal go to meet some saints?

A new month has begun, so I've popped over to Jen Fulwiler's saint generator and...

December 01, 2014

Choosing a Prudent (not a ‘Tough’) Advent Fast

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Why Welcome Sorrow? [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...

November 16, 2014

Torn Between Two Saint Catherines

My friend Catherine Addington (who followed me as an editorial assistant at AmCon and wrote this...

November 13, 2014

Give Us Bread, Roses, and Benedict Options

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry has posted a question on his blog for people who like "the Benedict...

November 12, 2014

Interviewing Eve Tushnet on Vocations of Love

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with Eve Tushnet, author of Gay...

November 10, 2014

Standing Naked Before God [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...

November 01, 2014

Breaking my Randomized Saint Pattern

This month, instead of firing up Jen Fulwiler's Saint Generator to choose a random saint...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

Minimizing the Weight of Mercy [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...

October 01, 2014

Economizing Not to Save but to Spend *Differently*

Yesterday, I was writing about ways to build mixed-age community in my large apartment building, and,...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Mary Asks More than Détente [Pope Francis Bookclub]

In 2014, I’m reading and blogging through Pope Francis/Cardinal Bergoglio’s Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on...