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November 2011

November 16, 2011

Because the Reality of Our Fallenness Isn’t Pretty-UPDATED

David Brooks explains it pretty well in his Op-Ed in New York Times from a...

November 12, 2011

Another Reason to Call the Cops: It’s Your Only Option UPDATED

That's right. I'm referring to the post I wrote yesterday about why you need to...

November 11, 2011

Thoughts On the Penn State Scandal, On A Friday

Back in March of 2010, when the sexual abuse scandal in the Church got its...

October 2011

October 26, 2011

If Sin Makes You Stupid…

Then covering up for sinners committing crimes makes you an accessory to the crime. And...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

For Stuff My Abba Macarius Says About Discerning True Christians

A while back, I introduced everyone to my patron, St. Macarius the Great. He has...

July 2011

July 09, 2011

A Tale of the Laity and Priestly Scandal, Circa 1400 AD

This is Part III of a recently started series about on-going personal conversion. Part I...

July 08, 2011

The Corapi Kerfuffle and Agape (In Reply to a Reader)

A reader writes,Wow, hey Frank are you really a Christian? Do you actually receive communion...

July 08, 2011

The Messenger, the Muse, and the Redeemer

Why can't I just turn away from the John Corapi story and leave it behind?...

June 2011

June 19, 2011

A Reply to a Scold from a Priest Regarding the Corapi Kerfuffle

—Feast of the Holy Trinity I hadn't intended to write another word about John Corapi....

June 17, 2011

Mr. John Corapi Goes. I Stay.

Hunter S. Thompson once remarked that, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."...

June 03, 2011

Because the Sexual Abuse Scandal is Like The Ribbon Creek Incident

-Feast of St. Charles Lwanga & Companions All of you who have never heard of...

March 2011

March 19, 2011

Because of the Way This Desert Father Handled a Calumny

—Feast of St. Joseph There are scandals, and rumors of scandals and there always will...

January 2011

January 30, 2011

For Cults of Personality, Not! (Or My Brush with Fr. Thomas Euteneuer)

—Feast of St. Aleaunie Late yesterday evening, after I asked for your prayers for...

March 2010

March 14, 2010

Personal Thoughts on the Scandal on a Sunday

To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the...