October 31st, 2011

A Catholic Halloween

You can read my latest column, about celebrating a Catholic Halloween, at Crisis today:

Don’t Trade Halloween for Reformation Sunday

And in case you still aren’t convinced, I offer you my annual argument in favor of celebrating Halloween, from a slightly different approach:

Captain America costume in size 3T

Daniel 2009

October 7th, 2011

In the Dough

You can read my latest column at Crisis today:

In the Dough

July 9th, 2011

NFP and Porch Parties

Happy weekend!

My latest column at Crisis is up this weekend:

Five Ways I Don’t Love Natural Family Planning

You should read the comments! Most of them are great — very thoughtful and charitable. In the “not quite so thoughtful and charitable” category, though, my favorite so far is from the lady who accused me of, in some previous article, admonishing readers to have more kids because I know they

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June 15th, 2011

About My Dad

In honor of Father’s Day ( This SUnday!), Fathers for Good has a nice collection of brief essays about writers’ relationships with their fathers.

I was honored to be asked to contribute and happy for the opportunity to share about my dad:

Sharing His Mind With Me

Happy Father’s Day, Dad! I love you!

June 10th, 2011

Air Your Grievances Here

My column at Crisis today, sharing how we Beans “do” family meetings:

Air Your Grievances Here

May 27th, 2011

Tokens of Love

You can read my latest column at Crisis Magazine today (featuring a Danny drawing!):

Tokens of Love

May 13th, 2011

Like Lambs

You can read my latest column at the newly-redesigned Crisis Magazine today:

Like Lambs

April 8th, 2011

Six Rules for Facebook

You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today:

Six Rules for Facebook