Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

Remembering a House I Grew Up in, and Gratitude

This week I’ll talk about 818, a house I lived in as a child and youth; and why gratitude is a good idea. House Numbers, Names, and Memories I don’t remember 1215, the house my parents lived in when I … Continue reading

Posted in Being Catholic, Family Stories, Journal, Series | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Building a Civilization of Life and Love, One Mind at a Time

I’m not comfortable with the way today’s America works, but I think this is a good time to be an American and a Catholic. That’s because part of my job is easier now, than it would have been in my … Continue reading

Posted in Being a Citizen, Being Catholic, Journal | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

So? Let Her!

My wife grew up in a very “Catholic” family. That doesn’t mean what you might think it does: old-fashioned clothes, candles everywhere, too many children, and the girls brought up to be doormats. Okay, granted: my wife is the second … Continue reading

Posted in Being Catholic, Family Stories, Series | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Holding Infants, Raising People

Our first apartment was in Fargo, North Dakota; in the square mile south of Main Avenue and between I-29 and 25th Street South. I don’t know how Fargo zoned that land. From what was there, my guess is that the … Continue reading

Posted in Being Catholic, Family Stories, Series | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

We’re Back in Our Parish Church!

This was an unusually good Sunday morning for me. Our part of Sauk Centre has been getting new paving, sidewalks, and utilities. Or, rather, the old ones are being replaced. The folks doing it have been working in stages, so … Continue reading

Posted in Being Catholic, Journal | Tagged , , | 2 Comments