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Thanks to the efforts of Nate Winchester, it looks like my blog has been mentioned on The American Catholic<\/a>. \u00a0Wow. \u00a0Talk about letting a chihuahua run with the great danes. \u00a0So I\u2019m a little taken by my goofy little blog home being mentioned by Donald McClarey. \u00a0The American Catholic continues with the thankless task of reminding us that not everything to do with American religious conservatism is as stupid and bigoted and evil as Comedy Central and Huffington Post say. Heck, you can actually be Catholic and value traditional ideals and experiences, even if they sometimes coincide with traditional American ideals and experiences! \u00a0Radical. \u00a0For some places in the Catholic blogosphere, saying that is as tolerable as opening a Kosher deli in 1940s Berchtesgaden.<\/p>\n

I still should be honest and admit that I am having issues with certain aspects of Catholic thought and life and the ways in which the Church is edging ever closer to the post-Christian, secular Left model of reality. \u00a0There were always some issues, as there will be whenever someone enters a new tradition. \u00a0There were when I became Christian in the first place. \u00a0The problem has been that I\u2019ve not reconciled these issues ten years later, especially in light of where the Church has clearly been moving in recent years.<\/p>\n

Sure, the treatment we\u2019ve received, the slammed doors, the cultural issues have made it difficult. But be that as it may, I\u2019m still at a point of struggles. \u00a0And as people who know me can attest, I won\u2019t just stand around, shrug my shoulders, and accept things. \u00a0Not where eternal questions are concerned. The good news is that there is more in the historic Christian Faith that I value, so I will never simply leave. \u00a0But how things end up working out in my Faith walk remains to be seen. \u00a0Just thought I would put that out.<\/p>\n

On a more personal note, yuck! \u00a0I can\u2019t stand that video. \u00a0Marcus didn\u2019t give me any prep time or a pre-show interview as usually happened with the guests. \u00a0I was more or less dropped on the stage and told do my best with no clue what to expect. \u00a0If I don\u2019t ever watch that again, my life\u2019s fortunes could only improve. <\/p>\n

But thanks to Nate and to Don for lowering the quality quotient of The American Catholic by including my little voice in the chorus. <\/p>\n

Personal Note: Start proof reading my posts! \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"