You just haven’t earned it yet, blogwatch…

Marriage Movement: Intriguing study on the “second shift”–how much work do married vs. unmarried men and women do? The answer may surprise you…

Relapsed Catholic: Which critically-acclaimed movies will gain in stature and which will ultimately be considered overrated? My view: She’s wrong about Psycho vs. Vertigo, but right about Shadow of a Doubt vs. North by Northwest; so very, very right about 2001; absolutely right to except Grosse Pointe Blank from her slam on the hitman genre; and wrong, but understandably wrong, about Seven and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Sed Contra: Letter to a woman trying to figure out how to respond to her gay son.

Amy Welborn: How many priests have been accused of sexual misconduct with minors? When were they ordained? Are we talking about teens here, or little kids? Boys or girls? All this and more, in a sad but very important piece from the New York Times.

Telford Work: His inner Abraham and his inner Lot; and: “Some time ago I stopped trying to convince myself either that God is really there or that God really isn’t. I decided that God can jolly well show himself. Now this doesn’t mean I just sit back and wait for it to happen; I go to church and read Holy Scripture and pray. I go to where God promises to be. But I don’t view these things as exercises in conjuring up an imaginative deity, and don’t intend them to become so. I view them as appointments God promises to keep. If God is real, God is going to have to show up and meet me there. …I am not really interested in propping up students’ flagging faith if they are secretly more interested in sabotaging it. Nor am I interested in challenging their complacent ‘faith’ if they are secretly more interested in dismissing the challenges. Both are really ‘standing God up’ rather than honoring the appointment. …Jesus was enormously patient with those who really struggled with his message. But Jesus was not overly patient with people who didn’t interact with him in good faith, who weren’t really interested in determining who he was and treating him accordingly.”