The Narthex
Random Ruminations #30
Chicago Drama... Anglican Cringe... No, Virginia... Connecting the Dots... and more
By John M. Grondelski | October 13th 2025 11:57 AMChicago Drama ICE's current campaign against illegal immigrants in Chicago has led to numerous detentions at its Maywood, Illinois, facility. Complaints are now being made that ICE is preventing pastoral access (confessions and Communion calls) to detainees. If true, that would be concerning. People should have religious care. However, I…
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Is it normal to decide about parenthood based on who's in the White House?
By John M. Grondelski | May 29th 2025 11:23 AMCan we have a discussion that prescinds from party identifications, a discussion that involves normal people talking to each other? TikTok showed a 32-year-old teacher sharing with the world her previous evening’s pillow talk with her “fiancé” -- they “won’t be having kids” if Donald Trump’s in the White House.…
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