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April 23, 2020
Dear Pro-Life Advocates, Abandon the Republican Party
If you are Pro-Life, you must accept restrictions on personal liberty. Even if you reject...
April 20, 2020
He, She, or They: The Challenge of Selecting Pronouns for God
In Catholic elementary school, I was taught to use the capital He when referring to God....
April 16, 2020
Career, Hobby or Vocation: What Does it Mean to Be an Artist?
Once again, I find myself in the search for a day job. Like so many...
April 11, 2020
Poem for a Strange, Beautiful Easter
Happy Easter! Today is a day of celebration and hope. I plan on making it...
April 09, 2020
A Skeptic’s Guide to Fasting for Relief from Coronavirus
I am a Christian who questions everything. Every day, in every moment, I turn my...
April 06, 2020
Not As I Will, But As You Will: A Holy Week Reflection
As we enter into Holy Week, I am struck by the image of Jesus in...
April 02, 2020
Failing at Lent: On Trying Again Today, Tomorrow, and Next Year
On Ash Wednesday, which feels like a lifetime ago, I published an article called More...
March 2020
March 30, 2020
Instructions for my Loved Ones in the (Unlikely) Case of My Death
This Christmas, my husband gifted me Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble's Remember Your Death: Memento Mori...
March 26, 2020
Dreaming of Priscilla: What if Women Wrote the Bible?
No one knows who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. I learned this surprising fact...
March 23, 2020
Art in Isolation: Using Your Time Wisely and Gently
If you're a creative, odds are you want to make the best use of time...
March 19, 2020
Embracing On-Nomi: Why We Must Cherish Friendship in Isolation
Some time last week, when I was still working outside my apartment, I came...
March 16, 2020
40 Days in the Desert: A Reflection on Lent Without Mass
Just last week, I published an article on safe ways to receive Communion during the...
March 12, 2020
Reverence in the Time of Coronavirus: Ten Safe Ways to Receive Communion
I truly hate to tell you this, but the Holy Body and Blood of Our...
March 09, 2020
Are Catholic Artists Obligated to Make Catholic Art?
One of the most common responses to my plays is also the most painful for...
March 02, 2020
Radical Holiness: A Progressive Case for the Chapel Veil
The chapel veil is back. The practice of women covering their heads at mass, which...
February 2020
February 26, 2020
More Than a Fast: A Guide for Non-Christians Practicing Lent
This time last year, a good friend who is agnostic reached out to see if...
February 24, 2020
How to Find Grace in Your Day Job
Day Jobs are Necessary During my early days in New York, a mentor gave me...
February 19, 2020
Creation is a Spiritual Project: Strengthening Faith Through Art
Femina Ferox Femina Ferox is Latin for Fierce Woman. It's the name I gave to my...
August 2018
August 17, 2018
Dear God, what do we do now?
As a practicing Catholic, it is difficult for me to articulate how the past few...
January 2018
January 23, 2018
Please, Not This Pope: Defending the Faith when Leaders Err
Pope Francis has issued a public apology for comments made against sexual assault victims during...
December 2017
December 19, 2017
Reflecting on THE CHALICE
Hear Full Interview Another production in the books! Honored That's the only way I can...
August 2017
August 13, 2017
Why Silence Isn’t an Option, (or the devil grows stronger when you deny him.)
Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the...
February 2017
February 26, 2017
Why I Didn’t Attend the Woman’s March
The following was presented as part of "A Call to Action," a salon series of short...
January 2017
January 31, 2017
To Pro-Life Christians: Please Support Refugees
As Vice President Mike Pence addressed crowds of supporters at the March for Life, protests...
October 2016
October 07, 2016
Did He Really Just Say That? (What to do when you hear a bad sermon)
It's happened to all of us. Anyone who, by choice or by force, happens to...
September 2016
September 28, 2016
The Resurrection Cycle: Or Why It’s Okay to Cry on Your Birthday
Yesterday, I turned 27 on the 27th. The golden birthday. It also, coincidentally, was my...
July 2016
July 07, 2016
Why I didn’t go to the Black Lives Matter protest. And why I wish I had.
It had something to do with the specifics of the demands the protestors were making. ...
June 2016
June 29, 2016
A Catholic Feminist Grapples with Abortion Or: Why Isn’t Everyone Sad?
A few months ago I asked my tech-savy fiancé to create a Facebook filter that...
January 2016
January 23, 2016
Christmas Ornaments and the Coming of Christ
Growing up, our Christmas ornaments were kept in tall, round, tins with covered with what...
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