Category Archives: Being Catholic

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

Jesus Matters, Hope is an Option: Advent 2025

Today is the first day of Advent. Among many other things, this season is a good time for remembering that hope is always an option: no matter what’s going wrong at the moment. Celebrating the Moment When God Became One … Continue reading

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Polygamy, Adultery, and Polyamory (still) Prohibited

Noted in my news feed this morning: “One spouse is enough, Vatican tells world’s Catholics“Joshua McElwee, Reuters (November 25, 2025) “Happily ever after doesn’t require any complicated maths, the Vatican said on Tuesday — for Catholics, one spouse is enough. … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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