Young Adult Catholics

A collection of 34 posts

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Pets and Contraception at the YAC blog!

My post is up at Young Adult Catholics today about how an interview with a reporter about the Catholic church and contraception led to another re-examination of what makes someone Catholic. And I forgot to link to my previous post, which is all about the pope’s disparaging of pets.

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There's More Than One Way to Objectify a Woman

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, and it’s sure to be inflammatory with its implication that women should be able to make their own decisions regarding their sex lives. I know, shocking.

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In Which Congregants Take Over Worship

My latest post, a reflection of the burden Catholicism places on priests and laity alike when it restricts who can administer the sacraments, is up at Young Adult Catholics now. Check it out!

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Young Adult Catholics: God & Evolution

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, in which I attempt to articulate some of my thoughts after completing Coursera’s “Soul Beliefs” course.

Book Reviews

NCR's Full Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice

The full review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice published in the National Catholic Reporter (which I mentioned in an earlier post) is now online. You can read it here.

Book Reviews

National Catholic Reporter Review of Hungering & Thirsting for Justice

I just heard from our publisher that Hungering and Thirsting for Justice received a favorable review in the April 11-24 issue of National Catholic Reporter, which claimed that, “Each story reads like a prayer.” Beautiful! Can’t wait to read the whole review.

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Let's Talk About Contraception

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics. As the Supreme Court debates whether employers should be allowed to deny certain forms of contraception in their health care plans, I decided to finally write that “contraception post” I’ve been mulling over for a long time.

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A Grown-up Kind of Catholicism

My newest post, A Grown-up Kind of Catholicism, is up at Young Adult Catholics today. It’s a reflection from my journal about how I balance a lingering Catholic identity with the fact that I now belong to a non-Catholic church.

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Young Adult Catholics: What if Jesus Hurts My Feelings?

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, which examines Jesus’ seemingly unnecessarily harsh response to a question Peter asks in Matthew 15; Jesus’ response: “Are you still so dull?” (Matthew 15:16). And while we’re on the topic of Catholic writing, here are some reviews of Unruly

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On Breastfeeding in Church

My latest post is up at Young Adult Catholics, this one about Pope Francis’ most recent soundbyte (or mild implication) that it’s OK to breastfeed in church!

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Catholic Spiritual Journals

Just posted my latest entry over at Young Adult Catholics about Catholic spiritual journals. Any that you recommend?

NaNoWriMo

Dark Crystal Authorquest - The Final Stretch

I’m entering the final stretch of the Dark Crystal Authorquest, and much as in the frenzy of NaNoWriMo, I’m starting to feel as though I hardly have any words to spare for non-Authorquest writing endeavors. I did manage to write last week’s  Young Adult Catholics post while

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On the Transubstantiation

Just posted over at Young Adult Catholics my piece on that most Catholic of subjects, the Transubstantiation.

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Are You a Success? By Whose Standards?

I’m still a little bleary-eyed and disjointed from odd train schedules and driving throughout the night — I just got back from the annual Call To Action conference, where I came up with ideas for at least two blog posts for Young Adult Catholics, so overall, I think it was

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Marriage, Mass, and the Power of Rituals

Newest post it up at Young Adult Catholics, about Marriage, Mass, and the Power of Rituals.

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A Prayer for Vocations

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics, which is a reflection of gratitude on the many ways people creatively answer their vocations despite obstacles.

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Latest Posts on Young Adult Catholics

My latest post, about Catholicism and Introversion, is up on Young Adult Catholics today. And since I forgot to mention my last post, a reflection on whether Jesus was a “gentle soul” or “fire and brimstone preacher“, you can check that one out, too!

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Government and Vatican Security Leaks

My latest post is up over at Young Adult Catholics, which is a reflection on the news that the Pope has recently criminalized “leaks” in the Vatican, alongside the NSA’s pursuit of Edward Snowden.

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What are They Going to Do about It?

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics, which is about the freedom that comes when you realize those in positions of “power” have no real authority over who you really are. And of course, there’s women’s ordination!

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Catholicism, Paranormalcy, and the Tension of Hierarchy

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics, where Catholicism rubs up against the paranormal, and I reflect on the jumble of beliefs and experiences that make up my faith.

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A New Look for Young Adult Catholics

I’m still recovering from a brief vacation and am a bit behind in all my endeavors, so today’s blog post will be short. Still, I wanted to give all a heads up that Young Adult Catholics, where I blog every other Tuesday, has a nifty new look. Along

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The Catholic Church and (Il)Literacy

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics, examining the somewhat complicated relationship between Catholicism and literacy. I largely owe the fact that I can read to the work of Catholics and feminists from days past (Catholics for setting up the first universities in Europe, where my ancestors came

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Marriage Equality, “Morality” Laws, and the Convenient Minority

My latest post is up on Young Adult Catholics, in which I ponder why Christians still think they have the right to legislate around the rights of people with same-sex attractions, despite the fact that they respect separation of Church and state when it comes to other issues of “sexual

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Catholicism: the Basement in My House of Faith

I’ve got a new post up on Young Adult Catholics, even though it isn’t my week to write. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to hold onto the thread all the way until next week. It’s an attempt to answer a question I get quite

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My Last Day of One Job, Embarking on Another

Yesterday was my last official day as Teen Services Librarian for the Marshall-Lyon County Library. My heart is sort of breaking over it–I loved that job so much, but it was a two-hour commute, one way, once a week. I’m still processing all of that, and might blog