by Leslie Sholly | Nov 7, 2016 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics, Uncategorized
On the eve of the 2012 Presidential Election, I put up a post about how I would be voting, and why. Â By now, if you’ve been keeping up, you know whom I will be voting for tomorrow. Â And I’ve even explained how I approached making this decision, as a...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 6, 2016 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
It’s come to my attention that many (maybe even most?) of my fellow Catholics are a bit confused on the issue of voting.  How do I know this?  Because FACEBOOK, mostly.  If any Catholic is on Facebook telling any other Catholic that he or she is in a state of...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2016 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
A few days ago I was invited to join a secret Facebook group. Â I posted what follows by way of introduction and was overwhelmed by the support, understanding, and acceptance I received, even from people whose beliefs are very different. Â Because so many people wanted...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 2, 2016 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
Twelve years ago, dismayed at all the misunderstandings and hatefulness I was seeing among Catholics over the Presidential election, I decided to write a column about it for the East Tennessee Catholic. Â I thought I could dispel those misunderstandings and the...
by Leslie Sholly | Sep 11, 2016 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
Everyone who’s old enough to remember has a 9/11 story.  Mine is probably fairly typical of those of us with no personal connection to the events, and I’ve never written about it because it feels too much like trying to hop on the tragedy train in order to...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 2, 2015 | Deep Thoughts, family, FIRE, Uncategorized
The following was written in Advent 2011 and posted at my friend Lacy’s blog.  That first post-fire Christmas still seems very close and this time of year still is a little painful for me. Traditions.  We all have them.  Children demand them—“We did that last...