Our summer is turning out a little bit too much like this: My go-to solution is a read-aloud book, to at least save some part of the day we had rued. Despite having written dozens of posts about good books for kids, I’m having a hard time finding something suitable. My goal is just to have something pleasant and enjoyable to do together, and not necessarily to tick off any Indispensible Classics from our Well Rounded Children list. (I save... Read more
. . . says Steve Gershom, in a nice acknowledgement for the interview we did a couple of weeks ago. Steve expands a little on his favorite parts, and remarks rather poignantly, As a celibate gay man, I seem to spend half my time telling secular people that I’m just the same as other men, and telling Christians that I’m extremely different from other men. The truth is in the mean, I guess, but sometimes to make the stick straight... Read more
Things I overhear, and things I want to say. Read more
I posted this on Facebook this morning, and it got 218 likes in 38 minutes. So I figured it was something people need to hear! From our trip to the beach yesterday: Lady at the beach: “Are these ALLLLL your children?” Me: “No, actually, I have two more at home.” Her: “Two more! So how many in all?” Me: “I have nine children.” Her: “OH, GOD HAS BLESSED YOU! MOTHER MARY IS WITH YOU! YOU’RE DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB!” Did... Read more
Rolling Stone, in its wisdom, has chosen to feature alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover, presumably because the murder of innocents is always edgy, especially if there are big brown eyes and lavish curls involved. CVS is refusing to sell the issue. Here’s their statement on their Facebook page (via Gawker): CVS/pharmacy has decided not to sell the current issue of Rolling Stone featuring a cover photo of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. As a company with deep... Read more
Probably you’ve heard, you can get an indulgence if you follow the events of World Youth Day via Twitter. Of course the secular media is reporting that you can get an indulgence “through” Twitter, as if it’s something you can download. And wouldn’t that be an interesting topic for another day? I can’t be the only one who reifies technological processes in my imagination, picturing digitized data as twinkling clouds that swirl through the air and down through the vent in the side of my... Read more
How not hearing what I needed to hear told me something I needed to know. Read more
I wrote this article about Dr. Paul Carpentier quite a while ago – glad they are running it for NFP awareness week! A great doctor and a good man. Doctor keeps medical practice in line with Catholic teaching Dr. Paul Carpentier, founder of In His Image Family Medicine in Gardner, Mass., said he doesn’t have an especially unusual mission. “It’s just one of stewardship,” he said. “I intend to do the best I can with the skills God has... Read more
Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville had said the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law should apply to her because she was defending herself against her allegedly abusive husband when she fired warning shots inside her home in August 2010. She told police it was to escape a brutal beating by her husband, against whom she had already taken out a protective order. But instead, she got sentenced to 20 years for attempted murder. And here’s my analysis: Read more
I Have to Sit Down
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