My husband says that I have many skills, but self-promotion is not one of them. He is correct. Here are two things that I haven’t been able to bring myself to tell you about, even though I’m hoping they will, you know, succeed and make me money or whatever. FIRST THING: I have a podcast. Damien … Continue reading “Patreon! My podcast! And dignity. Always dignity.”
Happy Friday! We’ve been eating a little too well for Lent. Don’t tell my bishop. Or, actually go ahead and tell him. I went and got fired from the diocesan magazine already last week, so do your worst. (I don’t really know why it happened, other than that I am annoying. It’s fine. Something else … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 367: I knead you so badly”
Happy Friday! I just ordered oil (we are out), set up a car inspection (it is trash), started some evaluation forms for some of the kids (just plain nuts), and I bought new batteries for my hungry hungry ClearBlue monitor, and wrote a RATHER DIRE scripture reflection about how if you are faithless, your children … Continue reading “What’s for supper? Vol. 362: Add sugar and stir”
The tradition continues! In Lent, our whole family goes screen-free from 7:00-9:00 PM most days. It’s the same idea as Advent, except we’re a bit more stickerlish about it. We’ve been listening to the Bible In a Year Podcasts with Fr. Mike Schmitz, and we have fallen behind (we just started Exodus), so we’re hoping … Continue reading “Friday Night Mandatory Lent Film Party, 2023 edition!”
This is an actual advice essay, not a joke. I write joke articles about cleaning pretty often, but that is because I would rather do anything than clean, even write; and I would definitely rather tell jokes than write. But not today! Today, I cleaned the middle upstairs bedroom, where three children sleep, including two … Continue reading “How to clean a child’s room when you can’t see the floor”
I wrote the following essay shortly before the Roe v Wade leak happened, and now this is all truer than ever. When I was young, I liked listening to the news just because I liked hearing different accents from around the world. And this is one of the reasons I will often play the news … Continue reading “The news is important. Try turning it off.”
Perhaps you are interested in the topic of femininity: what it means, why it’s important, what the Catholic church teaches about it. You’ve heard of Stephanie Gordon’s new book on the topic, Ask Your Husband, and you see that it’s getting (mostly) glowing reviews on Amazon. But then you see that some of the more … Continue reading “Read This, Not That: Better books than ASK YOUR HUSBAND”
I forgot to write up this year’s Mandatory Lent Film Party plans! Thanks to a few readers for reminding me. On Fridays in Lent, our family watches some edifying, well-made films, with at least a loosely spiritual theme, preferably one that we probably wouldn’t otherwise get around to seeing. In past years, I’ve done short … Continue reading “Friday Night Mandatory Lent Film Party, 2022: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK”
When I heard that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops planned to speak out on eucharistic coherence, my eyes bugged out. They were going to talk about something American Catholics cared about, that is pertinent to our life and world today, that is inherently important? Our U.S.C.C.B.? There are a handful of individual bishops I admire, but … Continue reading “I’m Medieval peasanting my way to Eucharistic Coherence”
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I made some pretty serious mistakes about canon law in this essay. You can read my correction here. I apologize for my errors and my rashness. I hope there is still some good to glean from my original essay, below, but you can judge that for yourself. A fundraiser for Fr. James Altman … Continue reading “Who’s in charge of Fr. James Altman?”
