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September 2014

September 22, 2014

Finding Fellowship in Exile [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

September 20, 2014

Fumbling (sometimes productively) with Prayer

I have an essay up today at Fare Forward on some of my experiences muddling...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

God’s Call to Restore Our Common Sense

Today is the feast of Saint Augustine, my confirmation saint. In celebration, this morning I...

August 16, 2014

Learning the Wrong Lessons from St. Maximilian Kolbe

When I was in church to celebrate the feast day of Saint Maximillian Kolbe (who...

August 03, 2014

A Countervailing Saint for My Comfortable Month

This time, when I went to Jen Fulwiler's Saint Generator, the man I pulled turned...

July 2014

July 05, 2014

Reworking my relationship with John the Baptist

Since I was on holiday in Ireland, I prorogued picking my next Saint for the...

June 2014

June 29, 2014

Prayer Prompted by Communion [Guest Post]

While I'm on vacation in Ireland, I've invited Unequally Yoked readers to assemble a wunderkammer...

June 23, 2014

Discern the Right Thing [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

June 03, 2014

Christ’s Loyal Widows [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

May 2014

May 21, 2014

The Stories We Tell About Illness

Sarah Sparks has a really excellent post today at First Things about the interactions (good...

May 12, 2014

Humble Kinds of Holiness [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

May 07, 2014

The Wrong Kind of Resilience [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

May 03, 2014

Hold on Loosely with Blessed Scammacca

This month, the saint I drew from Jen Fulwiler's Saint Generatorisn't actually a saint at...

May 01, 2014

Praying with Viola’s Firm Resolve

Ross Douthat and PEG have been having a back and forth over the possibility of...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

A Discerning Pareidolia [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

April 27, 2014

The Blessings of Asked For Mercy

Today is Divine Mercy Sunday, which providentially turned out to be the day my friends...

April 23, 2014

Logismoi, Vampires, and Other Intrusive Thoughts

When it comes to the problem of how to get some of the dust off of...

April 22, 2014

Out, Dusty Spot! Out! Hell is Murky [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

April 10, 2014

What “Normal Stress” Conceals

Have you ever played misery poker? It was a pretty popular game when I was...

April 02, 2014

A Saint to Sow With

This month, the saint I drew from Jen Fulwiler's randomizer was Saint Clare of Montefalco....

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Mary’s “Amen” and Our “No”s [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

March 13, 2014

Very Boring Kinds of Goodness

I mentioned yesterday that I've not made any exciting changes for Lent (neither giving up...

March 05, 2014

Girding My Loins for Lent [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

March 02, 2014

Looking toward Lent with St. Ulrich

This month, Jen Fulwiler's randomized saint assigner spun up St. Ulrich of Augsburg for me, who...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

The Consolation within Desolation [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

February 23, 2014

Mercy is Not Intransitive

The release of Kerry Weber's Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give...

February 20, 2014

The Symmetries of Small-C Catholicism

Over the past week or so, I've spent too much time on my phone playing...

February 18, 2014

Following Christ Out of the Cave

Last weekend, while I was in New Haven, I had the pleasure of getting to...

February 13, 2014

Living a Priestly Vocation [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

February 06, 2014

I have a marvelous plan for catechesis but this worksheet margin is too narrow to contain it

At the end of January, Patheos blogger Joanne McPortland made a modest proposal that the...