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February 2014

February 03, 2014

Lost in the Weeds and the Wheat [Pope Francis Bookclub]

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

February 01, 2014

Working Alongside Saint Zita

This month, Jen Fulwiler's Saint Generator spun up Saint Zita of Lucca for me. She...

January 2014

January 16, 2014

Being Tutored by Saint Genevieve

I've been vulnerable to a bit of the New Year's enthusiasm and tendency to overreach,...

January 12, 2014

Drawing from a deck of Cards Against Humanity

This New Year's, I didn't end up making any big resolutions, but I did wind...

January 05, 2014

Missing the Cues for My Amens

For Catholics, the Christmas season is still ongoing (up until January 12th, the Feast of...

January 02, 2014

New Routines with a New Saint

It turns out that my saint for the month of January (as determined by Jen...

December 2013

December 17, 2013

It is not good that man should be alone

As some of you have gleaned from off-hand comments, I've returned to Washington, D.C. I...

December 01, 2013

Oh, the Farmer and the Blogger Should Be Friends

Last month, I did a pretty terrible job trying to pick a saint for the...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Seeing through the Cloud of Saints

Writing about Douglas Hofstadter's Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking reminded...

November 02, 2013

A Saint for this Season

Yesterday, I had a lot of trouble making it to church for the Feast of...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

When Coming of Age Feels Like Farewell…

Since I grew up on Long Island, there were Bar and Bat Mitzvahs pretty much...

February 2013

February 13, 2013

Palms Transfigured Into Ashes

Today's the day that everyone lists what they gave up for Lent (I'm taking on...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

Does Anyone Else Pray for Fictional Characters?

In a Catholic Mass, the whole ritual is subdivided into two basic parts: the Liturgy...

January 09, 2013

But Aren’t Saints Dreadfully Dull?

Tonight I'm seeing Les Miserables for the third time (there have been various outings as people...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

“Give Us More To See”

Yesterday, I used Georges Seurat (as imagined by Stephen Sondheim in Sunday in the Park with...

December 10, 2012

Finishing the Imago Dei

So, apparently if I host an installment of the Stephen Sondheim film festival the night...

December 09, 2012

This Prayer Book is a Stub…

This month, the Patheos Book Club is reading Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and...

December 07, 2012

My Friday Obligation

The best derogatory term for Catholics is pretty obviously "mackerel-snapper." (The best derogatory cartoon is...

December 03, 2012

For I am a Woman Under Authority

This weekend, I attended a silent retreat. The timing of the retreat on Saturday made...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

7 Quick Book Recommendations

Tis the season for finding gifts, and how could you possibly do better than books?...

November 16, 2012

“In a world of wondering, suddenly you know”

About two years ago, long before I converted, a student was working on his performance...

October 2012

October 21, 2012

Help me make a hymnal for the Liturgical Party Train

God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be received into the Catholic Church four weeks from...

October 17, 2012

“To Be or not To Be” How to frame the question?

I've been doing lectio divina in the Gospel of John, and I found myself paying a...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

LARP Your Way to Truth

Over in the Atheist channel, Bob Seidensticker of Cross Examined is experimenting with prayer. He's...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

And now a story definitely not from rationality camp

After nearly a week of Less Wrong retreat updates, I realize some of you may...

June 2012

June 21, 2012

Math-Related Prayer Hijinks

I like praying the Liturgy of the Hours because, at a bare minimum, it gives...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Feser’s Typology of Atheism (Part 2)

Today, I'm returning to Edward Feser's typology of atheism. Monday, I took a look at...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Adoration and Abramovic

Due to a convoluted sequence of events, I spent about half an hour in an...

August 2011

August 11, 2011

[Guest Post] Close Reading of Acts 13

Yesterday, Christian H of The Thinking Grounds posted an outline of how he approaches the Bible...

August 10, 2011

[Guest Post] A Christian Lit Nerd Reads the Bible

Long ago, I asked Christians to explain how they read the Bible. At the time,...