Tag Archives: Leaving the Church
Blogging, again
“The way I see it, a mystic takes a peek at God and then does her best to show the rest of us what she saw…she agrees to the quiet morning hour in front of God in exchange for a … Continue reading
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In Loving Memory of My Catholicism
My heart sank last week as I read Kate’s blog entry, “Done.” In her testimony about trying to leave Catholicism, she wrote, “I’m feeling these days like I’m in the midst of a breakup, you know, the really horrible kind … Continue reading
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The Power
…Today I was reading about Marie Curie: she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness her body bombarded for years by the element she had purified It seems she denied to the end the source of the cataracts on … Continue reading
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Anticipating Sunday: Paradox
Check out my latest post on the blog at From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, entitled, “Paradox.” It is a reflection on this Sunday’s lectionary readings.
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I Couldn’t Stay
Check out my latest blog entry on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “I Couldn’t Stay.”
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Thoughts on an Old Friendship between the Institution and Me
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholics blog, entitled “Thoughts on an Old Friendship between the Institution and Me.”
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From the Pews in the Back: My First Reading
Check out my latest post on the blog that accompanies From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, a recently released book to which I have contributed. My post is called “From the Pews in the Back: My … Continue reading
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Showing Up
My legs could barely hold me yesterday at Mass. I hadn’t slept much the night before, or the night before that really, and my body had been reminding me of it since I rolled over to turn off my alarm … Continue reading
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My Theological Inquisitions
What does it mean to claim to be a Presbyterian, or a Protestant, or a Christian?…What if we were to walk through the Protestant churches of the United States today, especially the centrist-to-liberal churches, and ask such questions of every … Continue reading
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The Beauty and Challenge of Being Catholic
The Catholic Studies Program at Santa Clara University, my alma mater, is sponsoring me for a lecture this Thursday on the subject of “Catholic Identity Today.” The great Jesuit I am working with pointed me to a wonderful podcast for … Continue reading
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