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March 2014

March 17, 2014

The Odd Contempt of Impatience

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

September 2013

September 17, 2013

The Strain of Pride

I've read most of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, but I'd never gotten around to his Tiffany...

October 2012

October 08, 2012

Fending off near occasions of sin

Late last week, Xanthate asked: I got to ask, as a Christian, how do you feel...

September 2012

September 15, 2012

Where will you train your courage?

My post on the horrors of football sparked an interesting conversation about courage and character....

September 06, 2012

If you can’t take the heat, turn into a tardigrade!

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" is a quote that is...

September 04, 2012

That Moment We Saw You For What You Really Are

The "Welcome to JT" thread has digressed into a number of interesting discussions (parental authority...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

“Nobody human can stand all that everlasting affection!”

The quote is from Company, the subject is Passion, as the Sondheim Symposium goes on. This installment...

July 2012

July 13, 2012

And what did you win with your death?

There's a lot of interesting discussion happening in the comments of my post on...

May 2012

May 03, 2012

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Beware of [YA Dystopias] Bearing Gifts?

This post contains vague spoilers for the Hunger Games trilogy. I'm speaking in generalities about...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

Greedy Self-Denial

Sorry for the delay in Sunday's Good Book posts! A Song of Ice and...

June 2011

June 25, 2011

The Threat that Can’t be Beat

In my "Pugilist in Good Faith" post, I explained why I didn't see a...

June 19, 2011

Update on Church Vandalism Fundraising

Hermant Mehta of Friendly Atheist has ended his atheist fundraiser to help two churches that...

May 2011

May 17, 2011

No Victimless Sins?

When I wrote about my dilemma on how to deal with an Orthodox Jewish girl trying...

April 2011

April 29, 2011

In Which I Feel Like a Heel

This Easter season, I made it to two days of the Triduum: Maundy Thursday and...

March 2011

March 22, 2011

The Trap of Numbness and Self-Satisfaction

I've still been thinking about some of the questions we've been picking over in the...

September 2010

September 16, 2010

The Summons (another approach to humility)

This post is one in a series about Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. I am...

September 15, 2010

An exercise in arrogance

This post is one in a series about Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. I am...

July 2010

July 25, 2010

A Parable of Talents

In a very schmaltzy YA book I read in middle school, a whole school...