Baby Buggies
So it’s starting to happen… Many of my married friends are having children. I wondered how I’d feel about this, since my wife and I can’t have kids and yes,…
Tag Devotions
Paul Snatchko writes: On Tuesday, a little round of “tag” ensued at this end of the Catholic blogosphere. Those tagged were asked to name their five favorite devotions. So since…
She’s a Real Mother Teresa
Fr. James Martin, SJ has a great article on Huffington Post today on how Mother Teresa isn’t any more holy than say, the average housewife. Since at least the Second…
The Need for Sabbath
The NY Times reports today that clergy are burning themselves out. Duh, you’re not exactly breaking a story there. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few…
BustedHalo’s® Open Letter to Anne Rice
Myisha Cherry takes a stab at an open letter to Anne Rice. She sums up nicely some similar thoughts to my own. Even today there are a few of my…
How Far Would You Go For Reality TV?
Dr. Christine Whelan at Busted Halo’s® Virtue/Vice Blog suggest quite far: A French documentary, which aired this spring, argues that we’d do anything to win a reality television show —…
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More on Anne Rice leaving Christianity
Catholic Anarchy responds: I can’t say I can’t relate to Rice’s frustrations with the Catholic Church and with her feeling that she is an “outsider.” I do think the Googling…
Steinbrenner: He Could Never Be Happy
As many of you know, I covered the Yankees home games for a number of years as a locker room reporter for a few radio outlets. While I got to…
What You Fall In Love with Determines Everything
The snip above is from a quote from the former Superior General of the Jesuits, Pedro Arrupe. It is the quote I display on my Facebook page and also have…
Do You Ask Friends Their Opinions on Life’s Decisions?
That’s what many college students do and many emerging adults as well. Carolyn McNamara Barry and Stephanie Madsen, two sociologists working on the Changing Sea Project–which is chock full of…