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If You Shame A Sex Worker…
Today, on facebook, a volunteer from The Friendship Room wrote: We have a woman who lives...
February 21, 2020
A Suggestion For Your Lent This Year
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February 20, 2020
Fifty Years Ago, If a Guy Said to a Girl…
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Beautiful, Broken, and Okay
I have been depressed lately. That's another of the 200 symptoms of fibromyalgia, and not...
February 19, 2020
About the 22 Catholic Factions
I apologize once again for the radio static this month. The fibro had been...
February 14, 2020
The Patron Saint of Love and Bees
Today is Saint Valentine's Day, and I suppose you want me to write about love--...
February 14, 2020
An Awkward Request for Valentine’s Day
I couldn't decided whether to post a Bernie Sanders "I am once again asking for...
February 14, 2020
Querida Amazonia: It Turns out that the Pope is Catholic
For weeks, I have watched public Catholics freak out about whether the Pope was going...
February 11, 2020
Where Everything is Alive
In February, when the whole world appears dead, I think about the place where...
February 08, 2020
Ancient History and a Modern Homeschool Parent
We're learning about ancient history in homeschooling this year. We don't have a textbook;...
February 06, 2020
When Chaos Itself Becomes Victory
Sorry for the radio silence the past few days, folks. I've mentioned February is awful....
February 02, 2020
Sweatpants, Disability and a Mean Twitter Priest
I know I shouldn't pay attention to crabby priests on Twitter. They are a...
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The Dreariest of Times
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For Those Who Fear That Life and Family are Feminine
Scrolling through social media early this afternoon, I encountered a public conversation that made...
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Imagine a Flock of Tongue-Cut Sparrows
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A Eulogy for the March for Life
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January 23, 2020
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I have lived by the Ohio River for over thirteen years. The sources of...
January 23, 2020
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January 22, 2020
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No doubt many of you have read the shocking article in the Associated Press,...
January 21, 2020
In the Person of Christ the Servant
Today, I saw a priest who likes to run his mouth on Twitter with a...
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I noticed the Friendship Room asking for prayers for a guest who came in tonight,...
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I want to say a few words about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in...
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Catholic social media erupted that Cardinal Sarah & Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were publishing a...
January 09, 2020
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They told me I had to vote Republican, because Republicans were pro-life. For awhile,...
January 08, 2020
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There is one thing I want my readers to know, on this terrible news day...
January 07, 2020
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