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Ever since I published God Loves the Autistic Mind: Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love Us, people have asked me for an audiobook. I am happy to announce that this just this month, it was […]
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 moreNote: This appeared in the November print edition of Restoration, a publication of Madonna House. I had given a talk to the community on autism in consecrated life in August, and they asked me for something like this. You can […]
Read moreThis 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 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 with all the plagiarism in it. As I exposed his plagiarism the […]
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 […]
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