Catholic Authenticity
I just did my most fun interview ever. For once someone wanted to know about something other than what it's like to be Catholic and gay. Read more
I just did my most fun interview ever. For once someone wanted to know about something other than what it's like to be Catholic and gay. Read more
The fundamental problem in the debate over whether Christians can adopt LGBTQ identities is that the word “identity” is being defined in two completely different ways by people on the two different sides of the debate. Read more
I recently made the mistake of reading some posts over Biblical Gender Roles. I'm going to talk about my own experiences with the ideal of domestic patriarchy, and try to address the question of why this stuff appeals – not to men, which is obvious, but to women. Read more
First Things has recently published and interesting article on the protest against Germaine Greer for asserting the reality of female biology, and it's reminded me that this is something that I've been meaning to write about for quite some time. Read more
I believe that all human hearts are fundamentally ordered towards their Divine origin, but I don't think that this innate orientation always manifests itself in the same way. Everyone is ultimately drawn towards Truth, Beauty and Goodness, but generally most people will have one that is primary. Read more
I've been mostly avoiding writing about the Synod, because I've honestly just been too tired, but the most recent controversy is one that I'm actually interested in. It recently came to light that a non-ordained man had been admitted as a voting member of the Synod – a move that I definitely applaud since it's a small step towards reducing clericalism in Church decision making. Read more
Years ago, when I was a young radical feminist, I recall marching in the annual Take Back the Night Rally in my hometown. We marched through the streets, occasionally stopping to shout slogans in front of various institutions which were considered bastions of male privilege. One of the stops on the route was always a local porn shop where we would chant, “Porn is the theory, rape is the practice.” Today, less then twenty years later, the traditional feminist opposition... Read more
Once upon a time, most of us were small children in a Sunday school classroom. If your children's liturgy was typical, you probably made that craft: you know, the cut-out Noah's Ark that you colour and then you make all kinds of little cut-out animals, ideally in pairs (though in practice that kind of depends on the attention span of the kid). If Read more
There's one bedtime story on my daughter's reading shelf that I absolutely hate. Usually I try to kind of hide it back behind the other books, or pretend that it's written in Chinese so that I don't have to read it, but there was one night about a week ago where she insisted. Read more
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World Table: New Commenting System Coming to Catholic Authenticity
Patheos is trying out a new commenting system, and I've agreed to be among the guinea pigs. The new system is called “World Table,” Read more