Mar
10
I’m in Honolulu for the next week speaking at Chaminade University and with the Diocese here on my Googling God book and more. We got in really late last night so we slept in and now have some free time to explore. It’s lovely here and we’ll upload some pics as the week goes by. …
Mar
06
I believe (with the church, actually) that we are hard-wired for God. Essentially, God calls us beyond ourselves into union with the divine. Something inside us seeks this drive towards the infinite horizon as Karl Rahner called it. And when we realize tangibly that this is a place that we are called, we are struck …
Mar
04
Aarti Rego-Pereira is a professor at UB now, but I remember when she was just a graduate student. When I first arrived at St. Joe’s everyone told me that I had to meet Aarti and sure enough, they were right. Aarti was fairly recently married and I had the pleasure of meeting her husband, Clinton …
Mar
04
The new pew study on Hyperconnected lives offers much for us to consider. I’ll be focusing on much of this over the next few weeks. But my thought is that distraction is one of the areas that the church has much to help young people with. This leads to a lack of commitment or even …
Feb
29
A priest-friend of mine recently told me that he always says “Thank You” to people after he’s heard their confession. They often give him a double take as if they can’t believe that he’s said that. He reported that he realizes that people are sharing very significant stuff with him and with God–and that it …
Feb
27
I hate these stories but we’ve got to pay attention to them. From the AP: Gunfire at a high school outside Cleveland injured a number of students Monday morning, and at least one suspect has been taken into custody, officials said. The shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. at the 1,100-student Chardon High School about …
Feb
24
So today was my day off, technically, but I had purposely planned to give the gift of time to the medical students today by planning a Lenten Lunchtime Lecture with Dr. Pat Fosarelli, via Skype. I kinda thought that was cheating because essentially, Dr. Fosarelli does most of the work. I just order the lunch …
Feb
24
Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. has a wonderful piece over at the Jesuit Post today on the 5 Best Pieces of Jesuit Wisdom He’s Ever Heard. My favorite of the 5 pieces has been one that has been spoken to me by my famed Jesuit spiritual directors, Jim Mcdermott, SJ, Rocco Danzi, SJ, and Br. Chris …
Feb
22
My friend Karla mentioned to me today that she found this line that the minister can choose when distributing ashes to be “a bummer”” “Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” She preferred the alternate line: “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel.” Or “Repent and believe in …
Feb
21
One of the joys of being in Campus Ministry is getting to know a bunch of new colleagues at various conferences around the country. When I attended the Frank J. Lewis Symposium for first time campus ministers, I met a musician and campus minister named Paul Melley and we hit it off instantly. I played …
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.Social Widgets powered by AB-WebLog.com.
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