This blog was originally posted at Courage International's Truth and Love website. This week I changed login information for one of my many online apps. In one section, I could select a new update. Male. Female. I prefer not to say. How do you identify? “Identity politics” has gotten a lot of play across the red-blue spectrum in recent years. While it may appear as if the human person is the recipient of an upheaval heretofore unseen, this is not a new question. At the outset

I know, I know. You have your critiques. Maybe they’re plot-centric, Force-centric, or things just didn’t turn out the way you thought they should. Also the movie was about 30 minutes too long. Yes, we’re doing a blog on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Spoilers to follow. As a former high school theology teacher, I tend to view films through a catechetical lens. In other words, is there something in this story that speaks to the good, the true, the beautiful? And can I get away wi

I’m going to make a few assumptions here. I’m going to assume that you’re Catholic. I’m going to assume that you’ve had some kind of education for chastity. You’ve probably heard that sex is for marriage, marriage is between one man and one woman, and everything outside of that is grounds for a trip to the confessional. That's not inaccurate, but, for me, it never felt like quite enough. Granted, that could just be the millennial sensibility for customization. If we can have