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August 2024

August 29, 2024
 I'm going to confess something. I've been dealing with a good amount of building anger...
August 27, 2024
I'm trying to return to my writing, but I will say, it hasn't been easy. ...

July 2024

July 29, 2024
As I speak with more people and reflect upon the callous statement from JD Vance,...
July 21, 2024
A 30th wedding anniversary tribute to the daily struggle of remaining in organized religion --no...

April 2024

April 10, 2024
My life-long faith journey has shown me many truths.  The largest truth I've come to...

March 2024

March 27, 2024
As I woke up this morning to hear the latest on the news, Trump is...
March 20, 2024
Finally, I found a contemporary cross I can live with considering how it's been used...
March 11, 2024
Yes, you read correctly; I am now a pro-choice Catholic.  I was against abortion for...
March 04, 2024
I know I can't force it, but I can certainly ask it.  I think pastors...

February 2024

February 29, 2024
Not long ago, I viewed a commencement speech from Jay Pritzker who is the Governor...
February 28, 2024
Pay careful attention to the news these days. It can be both beneficial and harmful...
February 24, 2024
I think I've possibly figured out what we are facing when it comes to our...
February 19, 2024
Sitting in Mass yesterday evening, I squirmed periodically throughout the service in fear over my...
February 14, 2024
OK, I know it's Ash Wednesday, and it's time for me to move into a...
February 10, 2024
It's official!! My daughter Janie is engaged to the love-of-her-life, Georgette. I couldn't be happier...
February 09, 2024
Today I woke up this morning and realized that my progressive political and theological shifts...
February 06, 2024
It's a long-standing pattern.  Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson mention the threat of God's judgement...
February 03, 2024
As a Texan, it's scarier than I could ever imagine, someone who lives 150 miles...

January 2024

January 30, 2024
When I first started publishing 4 years ago, some veteran writers gave me great advice...
January 27, 2024
A few days ago, I discovered a meme that encapsulates the essence of my writings...
January 18, 2024
Faith voters and those who value lives already born, I want to talk about the...
January 17, 2024
The far right/religious right think that they know it all without speaking to and listening...
January 08, 2024
As I was resting from my work week on Friday, an anti-Trump Catholic friend of...
January 04, 2024
It's a grim reality, one that I don't want to face, although I must.  For...
January 01, 2024
I wonder on a near-daily basis how my faith is going to survive not only...

December 2023

December 27, 2023
In one of my last Patheos articles, I wrote about my strong opposition of the...
December 24, 2023
As I searched for a Christmas story, I came across an Italian priest named Father...
December 20, 2023
There was a wide range of reactions towards the Vatican and Pope Francis' moving to...
December 16, 2023
If I weren't Catholic, if I were not a parent of LGBTQ+ kids, if I...
December 13, 2023
Starting the day Trump mocked the disabled reporter in 2016,  my eyes started opening to...
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