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Amateur Catholic: What In the World is this Nonsense?

After a rather long hiatus, I am returning to blogging.  Is blogging even a thing anymore?  This is mostly for me, but if others find it and find something useful in it then great!   Since I have been away for so long, it will be a process to get the blog up and running as a whole.  Bear with me as I fine tune this thing. The title of the blog "Amateur Catholic" comes from the definition of "amateur" meaning that one is not a paid for what it is they do.  In other words, I am not a professional Catholic.  I do not get paid for being Catholic.  In fact, there are no professional Catholics.  Therefore, I am an amateur among amateurs. Also, the name indicates that because I am not a professional Catholic, one should not expect professional work.  Chesterton once said, "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."  Writing out my ideas and such, like with my previous blog, seemed worth doing and it was also done badly. ...