The innocence of children
A couple days back, I nearly broke instagram with a little snap of a super special library book that snuck it’s way into our weekly haul without a proper parental vetting, and then all of a sudden I found myself…
How to discuss gay “marriage” {part 3: final}
Whew, I was thinking of breaking this up into 4 installments but the comments – many of which have been thoughtful and kind and many of which have been … not – are a little bit too…
How to discuss gay “marriage” {part 2}
Picking up where we left off yesterday: a Jesuit and a Franciscan walk into a bar in San Francisco… (click here for part 1) Cara: Regardless of how absolutely opposed our views are on this, I do appreciate…
How to discuss gay “marriage” {part 1}
A couple weeks ago, right on the heels of the Obergefell decision, a friend and blogger-extraordinairre contacted me with an intriguing invitation: did I want to participate in an online debate of sorts about gay “marriage?” (I’m going…
A useful primer for deciphering newspeak, 2015 edition
In light of recent current events leading to a massive explosion of highly effective and cordial debate across all channels of social media, I thought I’d take the time to instruct the confused or under-informed media consumer…
- About Me, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, Evangelization, Homosexuality, Marriage, Sex, Theology of the Body
Maybe it’s just love
I can list off at least 5 critically-essential relationships in my life, relationships that are soul-feeding, deeply connected, and will hopefully stand the test of time. I am blessed beyond all measure to call these four women and one man…
“Love wins,” they say
Today feels grim. So much hatred pouring out in my newsfeed. Ironically it’s all directed in the name of tolerance, progress, and love. Love. I don’t think that word means what they think it means. I wasn’t…
It was never about the cake
“Indiana has passed a law which balances religious freedom for citizens, groups and businesses, with the state’s “compelling interests” in requiring everybody to obey this or that particular law which might burden religion. It is not a…
Such a time as this
From the Associated Press this morning: “The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to start in Alabama, letting the number of gay-marriage states climb in advance of a constitutional showdown that may mean legalization…
- 31 Days of Writing with the Nester, Abortion, Catholic Spirituality, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Homosexuality, Marriage, Sex, Theology of the Body
Catholics, sex, and marriage: the elevator pitch
Sex is good. It isn’t dirty or naughty or some kind of half-hearted concession to our fallen animalistic nature…it is good, just as it was good in the beginning. Be fruitful and multiply, He said. And…
