Tag Archives: Catholic

Recycling Day: Searching for God and Underpants

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

I have decided Tuesday would be a good day to sift through the Archives here and recycle posts I’m particularly fond of. Because it’s my blog and I can. Also because writing something new and fascinating more than once a week is … Continue reading →

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Last One to Leave, Bring in the Dock

Posted on July 12, 2014 by

We are selling the family cabin this week, the last thing my father left us. He built it in 1968, with the same independence and drive he showed in everything else. He pored over plans for vacation homes, contracted the … Continue reading →

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Keep the Faith, Baby

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

We baptized Baby Lee last Sunday. By we I mean one Lutheran minister and the religious consortium that is now my family, including Lutherans, Pentecostals, Episcopalians, a Baptist, a Humanist, a few Jewish friends who showed up and one resigned … Continue reading →

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Holy Cripes

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

I was born, baptized and raised Catholic, and although I don’t show up at church very often, I haven’t heard that I was excommunicated or anything. The reason I seldom go to church is because I went to Catholic schools … Continue reading →

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Phone-It-In Confession

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

I imagine by now you’ve heard about the new $1.99 “Confession” iPhone app Catholics can get to keep track of their sins. I’m kind of Catholic; i.e., I’ve had plenty of first-hand experience with the confessional, although not for a … Continue reading →

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