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August 2023

August 02, 2023
I try not to pay attention to Bishop Robert Barron, and I fail. He's the...

June 2023

June 27, 2023
On Sunday, after I went swimming, I went to Mass. Swimming is where I do...
June 22, 2023
  "Would you like  a picture of Jesus?" said a young man, standing on the...
June 01, 2023
The past week or so has been difficult. I've been subjected to a barrage of...

April 2023

April 26, 2023
I was going to try to go back to regular Sunday Mass attendance after Easter,...

March 2023

March 26, 2023
I don't think I'm going to church today. As I write this, my ride will...
March 05, 2023
It wasn't a very good weekend. A friend I know on social media was having...

February 2023

February 22, 2023
  I thought last night about my dream of the suffering hart, the one I...
February 11, 2023
  Sunday, and the day before, continue to be a problem. I tried again to...
February 08, 2023
  Her name wasn't really Francine McIntosh. That's a pseudonym used in the transcripts of...

January 2023

January 13, 2023
January is an agnostic time. You'd be hard pressed to profess anything, in January, in...

December 2022

December 05, 2022
The last few days haven't been very good. I'm having my usual seasonal anxiety, on...
December 01, 2022
I took Adrienne to Sunday Mass, just like always. I don't like to go to...

September 2022

September 02, 2022
  On Sunday, as you know, I was sick. On Monday and Tuesday, the horrible...

July 2022

July 03, 2022
I went to Mass today. It's hard going back to Mass at home after being...

June 2022

June 18, 2022
  This weekend I drove to Columbus by myself, repenting. To repent means to turn...
June 11, 2022
I do my best thinking when I garden. Gardening is where I meditate and contemplate...

May 2022

May 31, 2022
  Yesterday was stifling hot, so Rose and I went to the beach-- the sandy...

March 2022

March 28, 2022
I want to say a little more about the Charismatic Renewal. Earlier this year, I...
March 02, 2022
  I just want to remind everyone that if you suffer from religious trauma, or...

February 2022

February 21, 2022
It started last week, I suppose, when a social media friend who was suffering from...
February 10, 2022
As we learned yesterday, the discourse on social media is about modesty again. Specifically, it's...

January 2022

January 20, 2022
  Yesterdays I saw the news that the Archdiocese of Milwaukee will be putting certain...
January 13, 2022
  I want to draw your attention to a beautifully written, heartbreaking and important article...
January 06, 2022
  There was a girl at our church who had cancer. I don't know why...
January 03, 2022
  It's an anxious time. The New Year and the dead of winter are always...

November 2021

November 17, 2021
  You've surely heard by now of the humiliating downfall of the leader of Regina...
November 06, 2021
The other day, my friends and I were bantering about a ludicrous article published in...

October 2021

October 30, 2021
It all started when a  disgusting person was being characteristically disgusting on Twitter. I don't...
October 13, 2021
  Yesterday, the discourse on Twitter was all about trans people. A few days ago,...
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