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DIFTS: Do It For The Story
So I was over at a friend’s last night for dinner, and she let me in on something kind of awesome that’s swirling among the existentially-hungry, generally-affluent Catholic school boys…
Mother/Daughter Chat: Catholic School
“What was that kind of school you went to, Mom?” asked my seven-year-old daughter, Margaret, the other day. “Catholic, honey.” “And what were those things—those outfits?” “Uniforms?” “I’m glad I…
Schedule Change
From the Desk of the Principal The Very Special School 11 Leafy Lane East Coast, USA Dear Parents, As you all know, our middle school Divinity Club has worked really…
Just a Few Questions
SS. Dismas and Gestas Elementary School New Student Questionnaire Parents: Please fill out the following questions so that we may get to know you better! 1. How was your child…
No French Kisses
There is a transcendent and overarching God at work. His kisses taste like chocolate.
Second Man on the Moon
Forty years after the moonwalk, a reflection on a childhood obsession for fame, a friendship and one more autograph.
Give Up Now, Young Writer
I was 15 when Kurt Vonnegut blew my mind. Good timing. I had never read anything so fantastically alive as Cat’s Cradle, his apocalyptic story of invented religion in a…
Naked and Guilty
Young Christians encounter sex, violence, and the eros of evangelicalism in a Texas hell house.
Victory Through Daughters
An exclusive excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement from Beacon Press.
Must One Describe?
The air here is always dry. Thin, but also thick. A white pipe the width of a soda can reaches from floor to ceiling, making the never-ending music of a…
