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Unlike most Catholic priests, Fr. Joshua is married with children. He and his wife Alli live in North Dallas with their four children: Maggie, Peter, Zoe-Catherine, and Bernadette. He\u2019s currently serving as Pastoral Administrator of St. Rita Catholic Community in Dallas.<\/span><\/p>\n A former Episcopal priest, Fr. Joshua trained for ministry in England at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, England. After serving in the Episcopal Church for several years, he and Alli converted to Catholicism in 2009. He served St. Rita Catholic Community as it\u2019s director of faith formation until he was ordained a Catholic priest through the Pastoral Provision of Pope Saint John Paul II in 2012. Since then he has served at St. Rita as parochial vicar and now pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n Originally from Glen Rose, Texas\u2014the son of a football coach\u2014he\u2019s an alum of Texas Tech, the University of Leeds, and Duke University. He is the author of Pilgrim Holiness: Martyrdom as Descriptive Witness<\/i><\/a> (Cascade, 2009), The Crisis of Bad Preaching: Redeeming the Heart and Way of the Catholic Preacher <\/i><\/a>(Ave Maria Press, 2019) and Eucharist, Bread of Life<\/em><\/a> (Liturgical Press, 2020). Fr. Joshua also writes regularly for Our Sunday Visitor<\/em>, America Magazine<\/em>, and Church Life Journal of Notre Dame<\/em>. He is also a regular contributor to the Dallas Morning News<\/i><\/a>, his columns appearing in newspapers all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_empty_space height=”7px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Church Life Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n “Wes Anderson’s Chafings Against the Immanent Frame: An Addendum”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “The Spiritual Place and Moment of Listening”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n \u201cWhat should the Eucharistic Revival look like?\u201d<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n \u201cShedding tears for Royal Tenenbaum: a liturgical approach\u201d<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n \u201cLongfellow\u2019s Christmas Bells and a better America\u201d<\/a> (2020)<\/p>\n \u201cA priest for James Carroll\u201d<\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n \u201cThe spiritual desert isn\u2019t optional\u201d<\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n Our Sunday Visitor<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEpiscopal infighting is nothing new, but danger lurks\u201d<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n \u201cTo come to God, one must first listen to him\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cCan denying Communion be an act of charity? Absolutely\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cWill Smith, Chris Rock and a Lenten lesson\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cAbortion is war; are we fighting it well?\u201d<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n For even more, visit Our Sunday Visitor<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n America Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat the Eucharistic revival means to me as a Catholic convert\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cA married Catholic priest\u2019s lessons from two kinds of fatherhood\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cNot many Catholics care about the Synod. But I\u2019m not ready to give up on it yet\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cWhat can Catholic preachers learn from Bishop Michael Curry\u2019s royal wedding sermon?\u201d<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n The Dallas Morning News<\/strong><\/p>\n “A new age of holy war?”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “That Texas Rangers feeling”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “Let’s give to the homeless responsibly, and irresponsibly too”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “The boy and the monastery”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “I’m already tired of this election cycle”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “Our world has gotten too noisy”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n \u201cIs this the end of America? If so, it\u2019s a pathetic end\u201d<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n “Benedict’s legacy is complicated”<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n \u201cThe creative hospitality of post-COVID churches\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica, we are just as incoherent and petty as Will Smith\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cAntisemitism is a special kind of violence, but that\u2019s hard for Americans to grasp\u201d<\/a> (2022)<\/p>\n \u201cDo vaccine mandates violate or support our freedom? Avoid anyone who thinks this question is easy\u201d <\/a>(2021)<\/p>\n \u201cBy showing his scars, Jesus spread peace”<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n “In a country losing its democracy, a Myanmar nun shows us what freedom really looks like”<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n “Not just Lent. For an entire year we\u2019ve been contemplating our mortality”<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n “Listening to the blues is to tempt changing the mind about race”<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n “As COVID-19 bears down, we are practicing our true religion of buying things to feel better”<\/a> (2020)<\/p>\n “Why bad Catholics can make good presidents”<\/a> (2020)<\/p>\n “Thank You, Jerry Jeff, for making us feel good in that Texan sort of way”<\/a> (2020)<\/p>\n “What does arming ourselves in our houses of worship do to our souls?”<\/a> (2020)<\/p>\n “Hope is the inverse of cancel culture”<\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n “Our phones have become the serpent in our Garden of Eden and ancient wisdom can help”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Constant shocking news has left us speechless, but we cannot retreat from each other”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “The church can no longer ignore the chasm between Catholicism and Catholics”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “The morality of Starbucks isn’t moral enough”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Why Martin Luther King’s murder isn’t yet history”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Twitter has left Catholics deeply divided under a celebrity pope”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Hell is tedious, maddening repetition, and we’re living it with gun violence”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Where are the public religious voices that can save the soul of our country?”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “Read good books and save yourself from the Twitter age”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “We choose not to see the freaks among us, and we are surprised when they kill”<\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n “In the age of Trump, silence is the worst thing and love is the hardest”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “Bitter divisions ranging from Trump to Confederate statues mark the untelling of the American story”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “How can kids weather the folly of youth in an age of digital permanent records?”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “When does our moral outrage about racism finally lead to change?”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “No, God did not anoint Trump to nuke North Korea”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “What will you do on Memorial Day, or what will the day do to you?”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “In a world of screen images, words can keep us human”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “The history of baseball in Texas tells the story of us”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “America still needs Christians”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “Dying Syrian children prompt our purifying worship of war”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “I’m a married Catholic priest who thinks priests shouldn’t get married”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “What will be the decisive event that ushers in the 21st century?”<\/a> (2017)<\/p>\n “We are slaves to our shiny screens”<\/a> (2016)<\/p>\n “This election calls for the wisdom of Winnie-the-Pooh”<\/a> (2016)<\/p>\n “How to remain faithful amid an election that distorts religion”<\/a> (2016)<\/p>\nRecent Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n