{"id":1226,"date":"2013-04-12T10:59:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T17:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2015-03-12T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:50:25","slug":"how-the-devil-gets-to-catholic-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lisahendey\/2013\/04\/how-the-devil-gets-to-catholic-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Devil Gets to Catholic Bloggers like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>Can you send a prayer for me today, folks? I\u2019m a bit out of sorts and kind of a mess.<\/p>\n

Much of it has to do with family stuff \u2014 first and foremost, I am a wife and a mom. And much of what drives my life will never appear on the pages of any blog. When things are slow here, you can mentally picture me catching up on worldly things like laundry, cleaning teenage toilets, or procuring food. Blogging is for \u201cme\u201d, something I treasure, but also the first thing to be set to the side when my family needs me.<\/p>\n

Today started early and has been one big round of frustration. Fortuitously, I\u2019ve been at this stuff long enough to recognize the mood I find myself in today, and to know who\u2019s the author of it. A wise friend advised me just now not to credit him in any way so I won\u2019t name him, but suffice it to say he\u2019s gleeful when I am discouraged.<\/p>\n

I thought I would share a few of the creative, \u201cnew media\u201d ways this enemy gets to this Catholic blogger. He\u2019s high tech these days:<\/p>\n