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August 2014

August 06, 2014

Need Draws Out Grace

The miracle of the loaves and fishes is one of the ones that I'd heard...

December 2012

December 08, 2012

Fixed is not Unbroken

The post on judgement and culpability has (terrifyingly) crested 300 comments (but I probably deserved...

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 29, 2012

Hey, Hallquist, want to give me a one-sentence long early Christmas present?

Yesterday, I wrote a little response to Chris Hallquist's open call for comments on his...

October 2012

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...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

It’s Hard for Me to Hear You Over the Sound of Your Nazi Analogies

The "Let's Talk About How to Have Reasonable Discussions about Religion" post has over a...

April 10, 2012

A meal plus an extended argument? Seders are the best!

Last night, my housemates and I threw a by-the-seat-of-our-pants Seder. It's the first one I've...

March 2012

March 10, 2012

Two Questions for Christian Readers

Remember you can vote once per day for the About.com Atheism Awards. I’m one of five...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

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,...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Doubting the Utility Argument

First, a quick clarification: in yesterday's post about Divine Mystery, I used the phrases 'Catholic'...

April 2011

April 08, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 2)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Play it Again: God’s Genocides

This is a new feature for the site, where I'm going to try to pull...

March 06, 2011

The Euthyphro Strikes Back

This week, The King and I blog (which is doing a guided reading through the...

February 2011

February 19, 2011

Biblical Sacrifice Question – updated

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] my bread for...

October 2010

October 11, 2010

Confused by today’s readings

I'm still in the middle of a series of posts on sin and immorality (and...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

The Two-Lazarus Problem

Update: I was pleased to see that Catholic convert and blogger Mark Shea chose these...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins

Thanks all for your comments on last week's post on standards of evidence (extraordinary and...

June 14, 2010

Lessons in the Lacunae: The Omitted Scripture

While looking up the readings for this week's Mass in the Catholic liturgical calendar, I...