Thursday, February 16, 2023

A note I sent to my Bible study folks

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From a note I sent to my weekly Bible study folks to cancel Bible study for the evening, reflecting on this Sunday’s first reading… ________...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Commendable Dishonesty: In Which I Compare a Parable to Reservoir Dogs

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I don't post here very often but I still write. I write an article for the weekly bulletin at work. I almost always comment on the lecti...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Catholic, Evil, and Dead - After the Apocalypse

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1981's The Evil Dead is the perfect allegory for what it feels like to be Catholic in the post-abuse revelations landscape. Who would...
Thursday, December 12, 2019

A Pregnant Prophet: On the Visitation

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Communication is the key to any relationship. One of the strange things about getting older is how your spheres of communication alter...
Friday, October 5, 2018

When Jesus Rebukes a Perfectly Reasonable Question

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In Mark's Gospel (4:35-41), Jesus is travelling by boat with his companions when they hit a storm. His shipmates wake up a sleeping ...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Failing Spectacularly - Becoming Charles Kingsley

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In the history of great debates, the one between Charles Kingsley and John Henry Newman looms large over most. What began as a fairly f...
Monday, July 10, 2017

When your Church is the object of lulz

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The Vatican released guidelines on the use of gluten in communion hosts. From an "insider" this wasn't new or surprising. Thes...