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5 Ways Christians Should Exhibit Hipster Behavior
I define hipster as members of a subculture that shops at Urban Outfitters, prides themselves on being different (ironically, since they’re all pretty similar) and takes great pride in knowing what’s hip and the next big thing before the rest of the world does. Did you hear about the hipster who burnt his tongue? Yeah, he ate the pizza before it was cool. Lately, I’ve been...
read moreThe Essential Everydayness of Being a Christian
There is an everydayness to being a Christian. Most Christians in the history of the Church have been the normal, everyday people. Most of us have not been, nor are going to be canonized Saints, but that does not mean that we are not significant for the Body of Christ. The Church and the Saints exist for the everyday man. Christ in His ministry always cared for the everyday person; He healed,...
read morePolitical ADD
I’ve posted at least once (I think) before about how our government doesn’t work to solve problems, but works to pit party against party and voter against voter for the sake of winning future elections. I find it particularly telling when the biggest issues of the day are decided by events in our nation and exploited for use by our politicians. The major life-changing issues in the...
read moreSlipping Things In
This morning, in one of those “I’m so sick I feel like my head will explode if the kids don’t quiet down for five minutes” moments of weakness, I let my children watch an episode of Powerpuff Girls on Netflix. I was only half paying attention for most of it, as I’ve seen most of the episodes before (you know, years ago, when I was young and had time to watch...
read morePearls before Swine and the New Evangelization
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.” -Matthew 7:6 I got my start in the online Catholic world when I was 15, learning and applying apologetics on a very secular forum. As a trial by fire, it was was extremely beneficial in teaching me the various attacks that most often come against...
read moreMaking Mass more Dense
You can probably toss this in the bulging “How do I get more out of Mass?” file, but, hey, I’ve never written a blog post on the topic myself so here goes. We’ve simultaneously passed two tipping points in our young boys’ behavior during Mass. Our oldest, just over four, now can manage to be pretty calm and quiet during most of Mass. There is always the obligatory...
read moreDEVELOPING: LA Sen. Peacock Pushing for Legal Surrogacy
Earlier today, I posted a link to our T&C Reader and to the 6300 members of our FB affiliate, Stand with the US Bishops Against the HHS. That link took the reader to a petition, sponsored by the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, calling for Louisiana State Senators Smith et al. to withdraw their proposal to legalize in the State of Louisiana the medical practice of surrogacy –...
read moreAbout the Author
Mary is married to John Walker, a wonderfully Catholic captain in the United States Air Force. She graduated from the George Washington University with a BA in political science and from the University of Dallas with a master’s degree in politics. She loves being involved with military spouse activities, playing violin and singing at Mass, and cooking. She also thoroughly enjoys reading and writing about theology, history, politics, feminism, and the U.S. Supreme Court. John and Mary currently reside in a little town called Rome, located in upstate New York.
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