Elizabeth Scalia
So away we drove, armored with a GPS and comfy shoes, on the Great American Road Trip. We set off, sans itinerary, to visit relatives in Ohio, our son in South Carolina, and then….??? These past ten years, I have been a frequent flyer—jetting here and there, facing jet lag but not road fatigue, frequenting [...]
Do you remember the silly children’s song about the old lady who swallowed the fly? The poor, misguided woman tried again and again to rid herself of her problem, by swallowing bigger and bigger things—a spider, a bird, a cat, a dog, a goat, a cow, and finally a horse—and she’s dead, of course! The [...]
Fill in for The Anchoress? Cool! So just out of the gate, what do I do? Talk about chick flicks. Talk about crying, for Pete’s sake! Just in case I haven’t completely lost you big burly types (I mean guys), let me take a minute to wax philosophical. I spent some time last year [...]
I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I’ve succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul and for [...]
Nope, she’s gone—she’s really gone!!—at least for a few days. And she left the three of us here to mind the store: Father Dwight Longenecker, Elizabeth Duffy, and moi. Far be it from me to malign Elizabeth’s feet, but wow! The Anchoress has left some Really Big Shoes to fill. I think we can do [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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