December 26th, 2010

Very Merry!

We Beans are enjoying some family downtime, and we hope you and yours are doing the same.

In the meantime, you can drop by Faith & Family where Rebecca Teti is treating us to 12 days of art and song for Christmas, read my Christmas Eve column at Inside Catholic and/ or be the 300+ person to comment on my NCRegister post about receiving Communion on the tongue.

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December 16th, 2010

Oh, the indignity

Boy bunny, Girl owner.

December 15th, 2010

Whom Would Jesus Tax?

Are tax cuts for the wealthy moral? We’re taking up the topic at the Washington Post this week.

It bothers me when politicians use words like “rich” because “rich” is a loaded and relative word. Most Americans would not call themselves “rich” by any means and yet, by the standards of the rest of the world, pretty much every one of us qualifies as wealthy. A family of four earning

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December 11th, 2010

Joseph’s Lullaby

December 10th, 2010

The Joys of Boys

You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today:

The privilege of being the wife of a man and the mother of both sons and daughters, however, has highlighted natural differences between the sexes for me like nothing else. We boys and girls simply do things differently — especially when it comes to feelings, words, and conflicts.

Read the whole thing: The Joys of Boys

December 4th, 2010

Veni Veni Emmanuel