Through a Glass Darkly

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Yesterday, I fell into a Substack rabbit hole, and came across an essay which asserted that the pro-life community isn’t interested in saving lives. Rather, it claimed, the pro-life movement’s real interest is in controlling women’s bodies. As proof of this, the author pointed towards the widespread acceptance of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). If protecting little lives from conception on were real...

Happy Feast of Saint Francis! As you can imagine, this is always a big day in these parts, and if I have time today, I’m hoping to slip off to the Portiuncula Chapel, up on campus to get my plenary indulgence … which is probably a topic we should talk about someday. But not today, as this week’s newsletter is all about Halloween. I have received several questions on it as of late, and I decided to...

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Today Chris, Kate, Casey, and I are talking about creativity. What is creativity? What does it mean to be creative? How does pursuing creativity in work, life, marriage, and family make us more alive and help us live more deeply human lives? Also, why does my skin crawl when people use the word “creative” as a noun and not an adjective? (Seriously people, please don’t ever call me “a Creative.”) P...

Today, Chris, Kate, Casey, and I are talking all things Lent: the meaning of the season, abstinence and fasting, Fish Fries, practical penances, prayer, almsgiving, loving the poor, living Lent in marriage and with children, and what happens when you fail at it all. This is the second episode of our new podcast, Visitation Sessions. For now, it is available exclusively through Substack, via “Throu...

Introducing “Visitation Sessions” For over a year now, I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a podcast. This is partly because I love good conversations, and those have become almost impossible to have on social media these days. It’s also because I’ve wanted you to know my husband Chris better. He is one of the healthiest, wisest, and most mature Christian men I know, and I think a lot of yo...

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