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This week, Word on Fire is publishing a new book on welcoming those with intellectual & developmental disabilities in the Church. It’s titled Indispensable. Mark Bradford edited it with a different author for each chapter. I wrote the chapter on […]
Read moreI have seen many people misinterpret Vatican II. I’ve heard people give diametrically opposed understandings of it. I’ve heard people embrace or reject a false image of the council. I’ve seen for years Vatican II was the most talked about […]
Read moreRon Sandison, Adulting on the Spectrum: An Insider’s Guide for Navigating Life With Autism (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2025). 301 pp. Paperback, $21.99, ISBN: 978-0825449338. As Ron Sandison uses the same structure for the various chapters, this review will cover […]
Read moreBack in early 2024, Loyola Press pulled 60 Seconds for Jesus by Fr. Jim Sichko due to plagiarism. He is now selling that same book on his website. As I exposed his plagiarism the most, I feel obliged to point […]
Read moreI recently posted a longer, denser version of this argument in the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. I recommend anyone who is a theologian or bioethicist to read it there. This article will try to explain why preventative medicine can be […]
Read moreThe Telepathy Tapes have recently been a popular podcast. They investigate the possibility that some non-verbal autistics have extraordinary psychic abilities, particularly telepathy. William Stillman wrote three books on autistics having similar abilities a few years ago. Hearing about this […]
Read moreA few weeks ago, I was preaching about how we should be cautious about our words, and in so doing I made the analogy between our words and the Word of God, as in Jesus, the Word made flesh. All […]
Read moreAs many of you know, I was one of two keynote speakers at “Gathered as One Body: Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion in the Orthodox Church,” a large conference by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute and the GOA (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of […]
Read moreSpectrum publishes from the Seventh Day Adventist perspective but is independent. The publication recently had an article titled “Faith-Based Resources for Autism Acceptance Month.” This article included me and my book, God Loves the Autistic Mind, as 1 of 4 […]
Read moreAs you likely know, I have written a lot on the Magisterium and particularly on Amoris Laetitia. I have a whole guide on it linking to my various posts. I take a very hermeneutic of continuity approach. In 2023, I […]
Read moreI have another reflection in Plough today. This time it is titled “Just Enough Light for the Next Step.” It reflects on how we often only have a little light to know the right path, but that is not always […]
Read moreBYU has a podcast called “In Good Faith” that covers a variety of perspectives on faith. I recorded an episode back in the fall and it recently came out titled, “Spirituality on the Spectrum.” It just went live. As the […]
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