‘Back in February,’ an unexpected pregnancy led to unimaginable joy
“If you had asked me before this happened, ‘was I pro-life?’ I would have said yes. I was raised Catholic. We went to Mass. I even went to a March for Life in Chicago once. So, absolutely.…
Kids at school, kids at home
I have had the distinct pleasure – spoken without too much irony – of having my big kids home for spring break this week. When I glanced at the school calendar late last week and realized that…
Coffee clicks: spring break
Guys, can I just throw back to old school blogging format for a minute and say that I’ve missed interacting with people online this Lent? But not as much as I’ve loved the found time and longer…
Rejecting fertility and rejecting God
The article begins like this: “A movement of women have decided not to procreate in response to the coming ‘climate breakdown and civilisation collapse’. Will their protest be a catalyst for change?” I can hardly think of…
Coffee clicks: Lenten kickoff.
Every couple Fridays or so I like to share some curated links from around the web, along with any good books I might be currently reading, great quotes I’ve happened upon, and always the best in Catholic…
Making Lent all about Him
I have a persistent and myopically modern tendency to make my spiritual life all about me. It comes out most aggressively during the penitential season of Lent when I start thinking a few weeks out “oh, what…
Guide to making a great confession
Our eldest made his first confession last month, and I decided to avail myself of the opportunity to (finally) memorize my Act of Contrition. I figured at age 36 and with a moderate following on the internet…
The space between
Lately I’ve been making use of a previously overlooked and formerly unavailable slot of time in my life: the very early morning. I was lamenting to my best friend at the beginning of January my very slow…
2 things I believed about the Catholic Church that were totally wrong (and why anyone would stay Catholic)
How about a little remedial ecclesiology today? (Trigger warning: if you don’t like going past 1200 words, this piece might stretch you 5 uncomfortable minutes past your limit. I know, I know. Same! I tried my best…
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Coffee clicks: What the Friday?
This week was one for the record books in terms of watching news come across the wires and wondering not once, not twice, but, well…a lot more times than that if we are, in fact, all still…