So I tweeted recently that I have semi-resolved my crisis and I’m staying Catholic, at least for now. I want to talk a little about how I see this, why I’m remaining in the Church, and what my current relationship with my faith is. Basically, I was leaning heavily towards staying from pretty early on in the crisis. The decision was made more or less finally last Sunday when I went to Mass. My parish is a small community in... Read more
So it's NFP awareness week, and nothing will do a woman more good in the midst of a faith-crisis than blogging about NFP...right? Read more
We long for something greater than ourselves even when we fear that we are alone or, worse, fear that if that greater something exists it is indifferent or hostile to us. Read more
As a Catholic, I'm constantly reminded that I can't just go around excommunicating people that irritate me from equal standing with me in the communion of humankind. Read more
There is no natural equality of the sexes when it comes to sex. Read more
It's not talking to God, but rather finding oneself in the presence of something that is so profoundly, indescribably, and incontrovertibly other than oneself that forms the basis of conversion. Read more
I’ve got a piece up today over at Aleteia about why I’m not going back to being an atheist. It’s basically the fruit of a recent crisis of faith (those, I have discovered, are a pretty routine part of my spiritual life.) I’ll have a lot more to say about that once I finish getting Octavia ready for publication, but in the meantime you can check out the Aleteia piece HERE. Image credit: pixabay Stay in touch! Like Catholic Authenticity... Read more
I promised a review of Fargo series 3. I’ll start with the two-word version: Watch It. The last episode aired this week, so if you haven’t already discovered this show you can now enjoyably sit and binge-watch the whole thing. My only caution would be, whenever you start you should be prepared to lose the next ten hours. The cliffhangers are brutal. And they are not cheap, contrived or melodramatic. In my opinion, it’s the best thing to come out... Read more
I think the teaching of the Church is basically sound even though it's more or less impossible for humans to practice it perfectly. Read more
Straight people and their sexual sins are not treated the same way as gay people and their sexual sins. Read more
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