I can think of very few things I would want “thrown in my face.” However, I also realize that there are many, many things thrown in my face every day that I’d really rather were not but I have little choice but to tolerate because, you know, that freedom of expression thing.
Monthly Archives: June 2023
A Canary in the Catholic Coal Mine
I want to feel welcome in the church of my fathers and my upbringing, and I want to be a good Catholic if that means following the teachings of Jesus. But I’m finding myself wanting less and less to be a member of a church in which too many of its leaders and followers are more interested in turning back the clock to a time of women in veils and the Tridentine mass than meeting the needs of a modern, pluralistic, well-educated, and thinking constituency.
To Wash or Not to Wash a Cast Iron Skillet?
At some point, we all have to decide which of the ideas inculcated within us we need to wash away from our own belief system and which ones are worth hanging onto.
Silly Money
I’ve mentioned before that I’m not particularly motivated by money. I’m not sure why but the part of the American Dream that includes making a fortune never took root in me. That is not to say, however, that I do not sometimes engage in the “If I Won the Lottery” fantasy. I mean the kindContinue reading “Silly Money”
Shakespeare, PRIDE, and& Juliet
I have attended more Broadway shows than I can remember. I have witnessed better narratives unfold & heard better musical scores, but I have never smiled, laughed out loud, or had my eyes well up with tears as frequently or with as much pure feeling as I did during & Juliet, which is, at its simplest, a celebration of love in its many forms.
Ty Roth 