Happy 20th Anniversary, Dedra!
As of tomorrow, my wife, originally known as Dedra Shawn McDonald, and I have been married exactly 19 years and 365 days. Way back on June 27, 1998, we promised to love, honor, and obey each other in… Read More
Marriage and That Hideous Strength
Still, as we’ve come—sometimes slowly and sometimes quickly—to realize just how dead marriage is as an institution, we’ve—in our confusion and bewilderment and shock—tried to assign blame, to find a scapegoat. There is none. The trouble is not… Read More
Dawson, Christianity and Sex (full book)
In the late 1920s, T.S. Eliot asked Christopher Dawson to write a small book on the meaning of family in the western and Christian tradition. The two would come to collaborate frequently, but this was the first thing… Read More
Family, SSM, and the State
[Posted previously at Catholic Vote, Summer 2011] For what it’s worth–and, given my level of ignorance, perhaps not much–I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the discussion and posts regarding same-sex marriage and the state of New York. Frankly, my fellow bloggers… Read More
Stormfields 