You cannot serve two masters, so knuckle under cuz I’m your sugar daddy!I hope the Catholic hospitals deliver a hearty “Go to hell” to Caesar. So far, several of them seem to be lunging for Mammon rather than their Catholic identity. The sooner Catholics stop sucking the federal teat, the better. Read more

In which we discuss the curious way that the language of courage tends to be deployed by people attempting to justify grave evil. Read more

The comboxes below on the Sherry Weddell threads are where it’s happening today. Check in on the discussion and weigh in yourself (only be sure to read what others have said so you don’t wind up saying stuff that’s already been addressed). Read more

My Followers! Hear me! Today you must learn the this, the greatest speech of all time: I love this movie. Therefore you will love it too, even if you hate it. That is all! Read more

She writes: OK, I’m back from another trip and I’ll take that bait. Those of you who read Intentional Disciples have heard this all before but here it is again. first of all, I love Creasy. I have her books and pass them on. She is a mainline Protestant who really gets it. And yes, all the numbers for young Catholics are at the bottom of the Christian heap. In practically every category. The ones on the top: Mormons, black... Read more

A reader writes: I’m reading a good book called “Almost Christianity,” by Kenda Creasy Dean, a Methodist theologian who participated in the early part of the National Survey of Youth and Religion, a mammoth study best known to us for producing the concept of Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. (Here’s a Patheos interview with her, giving the basic outlines of her book’s message.) Creasy Dean’s book argues that we are losing the younger generations to MTD (a conclusion reinforced, I believe, by... Read more

…gets right and what she gets wrong. Read more

A reader writes: Thanks for posting my earlier prayer request on your blog. Unfortunately, my cousin, Julien, passed away yesterday morning at 8 AM. Please pray for the repose of his soul, and for strength for his family at this time. Father, grant eternal rest to Julien and consolation to all who love him through Jesus Christ. Mother Mary, for Julien and all who love him. Another reader writes: Since your blog-readers are so faithful in prayer, I was wondering... Read more

Kill Your Television–and homeschool. When a media figure uses a phrase like “pushing the envelope”, “breaking taboos” or “cutting edge” what he means is “perverse, evil, and aiming to break down your will to resist monstrous wickedness”. Read more

In San Francisco. The hard-working reader who took these writes: I caught wind that the Walk for Life was coming up through your blog, and decided to go. I’d appreciate it if you shared my pictures. I woke up late and had 15 minutes to run 2/3 a mile lugging 17lbs of camera equipment in order to get to a train station so I could take the 1 1/2 hr train ride, and then another hard fast walk for 1... Read more