- Catholics Do What?, Culture of Death, Evangelization, Homosexuality, JPII, mental health, Parenting, relativism, Theology of the Body
The beauty of gender: our differences aren’t scary, they’re beautiful (and essential)
Male and female created he them; and blessed them… – Genesis 5:2 This morning I was strolling a leisurely stroll on the treadmill and enjoying 45 minutes of toddler downtime (thanks, Brandy in kids club) when my…
Conform or be destroyed {but be not afraid}
No matter your political stripe, ethnicity, religion, or sexual proclivities, this one should concern you. It’s the story of a family. Of a couple who have built an empire together, and whose concepts and innovation have almost…
Lost friendships, hard truths, and homosexuality
This is a sensitive topic, and it’s a post I’ve been mulling over in my head for a long time. My closest male friend in college was gay, and I loved him. We spent many a lazy afternoon…
- Abortion, Bioethics, Catholic Spirituality, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Homosexuality, politics, Pro Life, reality check, relativism, sin, Suffering
The power of language and the witness of words
It is a curious time to be a Catholic Christian. (Is it ever not, though? I think maybe we all fall prey to a little good old fashioned chronological snobbery, whether or not we care to admit…
What’s wrong with the world today?
I am. Me, me, meeeeeeee. GK Chesterton was and is and will be until kingdom comes, right about that. As any sense of sin and evil and wrongdoing has receded into the background of our collective consciousness,…
- ., Catholic Spirituality, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Family Life, relativism, social media, Suffering
What can we do? Practical steps for living in an age of terror
God, I’m sick of this. I’m sick of opening my computer in the morning and seeing the latest body count splashed across my newsfeed. Of my husband cautiously, almost furtively asking me over the din of a…
The unsexiness of death (or what ‘Me Before You’ is missing)
One of these days I’m going to write a nice, fluffy post aaaaaaall about my favorite organic non-hormone disrupting eco-friendly non-GMO spray sunscreen. Or something like that. Today is not that day. This weekend marks the opening…
- Bioethics, Catholic Spirituality, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Pro Life, relativism, sin
Gorillas, internet mobs, and the culture of the living dead
“The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of a fetus in the sense that both lack those properties that justify the attribution of a right to life to an individual . . . what we…
Antisocial media: the isolation of over-connectedness
I spend a lot of time online. Too much time, truth be told. I’m considering taking a serious social media hiatus this summer, with a house full of children and a backyard filled with wading pools. And maybe…