The 40th Chapter of Isaiah talks about depending on a God despite weariness and that God never grows weary. That would include growing weary of us. What do we grow weary of? For me I grow weary of the constant infighting in the church. Here’s one good example: There were two stories written of late …
Category Archive: Busted Halo
Feb
20
Violence Begets Violence
I was 13 and was sitting by the window in my parent’s apartment. I walked away and then I heard that sound. Gunfire. It has a unmistakable sound, especially when it is followed by screaming. A young man was shot on the corner of my block, in suburban Yonkers. By no means was it a …
Feb
19
One Word: Respect
Day #6: of the Fast, Pray, Give Calendar: So I’ll be honest, I forgot to look this morning at the FPG Calendar and I was cranky for most of the morning because I wasn’t exactly mindful. But at the end of the day, I was able to spend some time in mindfulness and offered the …
Feb
18
Change Me, Lord
Prayer doesn’t change God, prayer changes us. Kathleen Norris, the great spiritual writer was featured in the BustedHalo Fast, Pray, Give calendar today and she mentions that when we pray we ask to be changed as opposed to asking God to change something with no effort on our part, as a kind of magical being …
Feb
17
One Meal Offered
Day #4: Fast, Pray Give: So I checked into BustedHalo this morning and found that they were asking me to give up one meal today. And it’s a morning that I was particularly hungry. So skipping breakfast was not going to happen. I was also trying to finish the egg beaters before they went bad. …
Feb
16
Fast, Pray, Give: Day 3
There’s a difference between being hungry and being homeless. Whenever I do some kind of community service I find I’m more drawn to working with the hungry, but not so much with the homeless. Hungry people get their needs met by getting a meal, a temporary relief from the pangs of hunger. Even students who …
Feb
14
Fast Pray Give: Day #1
Last night Phil Fox Rose inspired me and invited the 20s and 30s group at St Joe’s to take more seriously the tenets of Lent, namely: Fasting, Praying and Giving or Almsgiving. So I thought I would take his words to heart. One line in particular struck me. Phil answered a question from Dawn, one …
Oct
09
Where the Hell is Fr. Steven Bell?
So here’s the latest member of the BustedHalo® team. Fr. Steven Bell, CSP is a dear friend and I hope we see many more of these videos where faith intersects with everyday life. Welcome to BustedHalo®, Fr. Steven. I’m sure viewers will come to love you as much as I do, old friend!
Sep
20
Want a Free Copy of Loving Work?
I’ll be on the BustedHalo Show with Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP on Sirius XMin just a few minutes actually. I’ll be giving away a few copies of my book on the air so tune in and find out how you can win.
About the Blogger
Mike Hayes is an author, commentator, Campus Minister and Spiritual Director. He founded the award winning BustedHalo.com in 2001 and wrote the book Googling God with Paulist Press in 2007. Mike is currently a Campus Minister at The University at Buffalo where he serves on the staff of St Joseph University Church. He is available for speaking engagements, retreats and personal spiritual direction.
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