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-Saint Irenaeus

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I Am No Longer Against Fox Hunts

            My exposure to fox hunting was entirely via television and, in particular, the movie Mary Poppins.  Like most children who saw that movie, I was greatly distressed for the poor,...

Fending Off Cougars in the Age of Divorce

            I have a bunch of kids and I homeschool and I pretend to be a writer so I stay busy.  Ipso facto, the age of divorce kind of snuck up on me.  Having lived some life, I knew a...

How Am I to Love Neighbors Such as These?

            One Saturday morning, I came upon a collage of pictures of smiling men in striped jump suits in my social media feed.  There was such joy in the pictures!  My heart was...

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