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Introduction in Defense of Everything Else Because people keep running their mouths and bugging me...

By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair:   But all night as the moon...

Love Thy Neighbor Full disclosure: this post is not an in-depth look at the sorrows...

It's been a while since I wrote something here that was just fun. In the...

Content Warning: Given the topic, this post uses words such as abortion many times, and...

I. Photograph of Taoyateduta, also known as Little Crow, a leader in the Dakota War...

Go here for a short intro to the rosary and for meditations on the Joyful,...

Go here for a general introduction to the rosary, and here for meditations on the...

Note: the passage I chose for Good Friday this year is from Flannery O'Connor's novel...

Go here for an introduction to the rosary, and here for meditations on the Joyful...

Go here for an introduction to the rosary. The Mysteries The Joyful Mysteries revolve around...

Some years ago, I adopted the practice of using Scripture passages as meditations on each...

Go here for Parts One, Two, Three, Four, and Five. Last time, we closed on...

Go here for Parts One, Two, Three, and Four. It's been a mere month since...

Most years, I chose a book to go through as part of my Lenten discipline....

I Came Here to Chew Bubblegum and Yell at People A few days ago, there...

Go here for Parts One, Two, and Three. Enter the Implications Okay. So most people...

Go here for the first and second installments. As Long As We're Listening to the...

Well! 2021 was not as bad as 2020, so that's really something. How about those...

Go here for Part One. Content Warning: This post contains discussions of medical and sexual...

Peter, Gate My Sheep Last week, the Diocese of Marquette brought out a new policy...

Eve Tushnet, author of Gay and Catholic, Amends, and Punishment: A Love Story, has just...

Source Back in the spring of 2020, when there were a lot of anti-racist protests...

A week or two ago, I was leafing through an old journal I used to...

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance, which commemorates trans people who've died by violence. I...

For anyone familiar with the origin of the holiday, the fact that Guy Fawkes has...

Back in 2015, I published my first novel, Death's Dream Kingdom. I am currently working...

It is spooky season, and there's nothing Catholics do better than chopping up our dead...

After an insanely busy couple of weeks at my day job, I am back on...

CONTENT WARNING This series discusses sexual violence and other forms of abuse. Please read with...