May
14
E.J. Dionne has a great column today in the Washington Post and he rightly points out that the voices of doom seem to be all around us. First he points to the voices of doom on the left. Recently, a group called the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) ran a full-page ad in The Washington …
May
08
Charlie Camosy has an interesting take on ministering to the rich, not in opposition to the church’s preferential option for the poor, but perhaps just as important. Why don’t we take the vulnerable position of the rich more seriously? In short, why don’t we have a preferential option for the rich? We should, of course, …
Mar
21
That’s the question that the Supreme Court will be deciding for some time this spring and summer culminating in a probable decision this June. Here’s some sparring amongst the Justices on this issue from the Huff Post: (Justice) Alito soon asked (Lawyer Bryan) Stevenson to “tell us where the age line needs to be drawn …
Mar
20
Often people on the far Catholic Left have little use for Bishops on the Catholic right–which they would claim are most Bishops. While I’m not sure that’s true (perhaps popular Bishops would be more accurate?) Michael Sean Winters reports that Bishops often get more flack from the right-wing of the church. From Distinctly Catholic Now, …
Mar
15
We need more people like Greg Smith in the corporate world. He resigned from Goldman Sachs and unveiled a culture that has lost it’s way in the process. From the NY Times: For more than a decade I recruited and mentored candidates through our grueling interview process. I was selected as one of 10 people …
Mar
07
L’Arche USA and special olympics and a host of other organizations have taken time out today to remind all of that that using the word “retarded” has never been an appropriate synonym for “stupid.”. In my family this is nothing new and we’ve never used it in this manner and if we thought about doing …
Mar
02
Evelyn Brady is the head of our parish’s human trafficking committee. She also confuses my name all the time and I poke fun at that. I’m really not offended, no really I’m not. She’s one of the sweetest people I’ve met at St Joe’s and boy, does she have a heart for justice. Tonight we …
Feb
15
David Gibson has an interesting take on the HHS debate which is tough to argue with. It’s similar to what I’ve been struggling with when I’ve said things like “Aren’t we already cooperating with evil just by dealing with the healthcare companies in general?” It seems, in general, it would be hard not to. A …
Feb
14
Here’s our video from our alternative break at Glenmary in Vanceburg, KY. I thought it would be appropriate since it talks of broken hearts—in a good way. The trip renewed my energy for ministry (many of my colleagues can’t understand how I wasn’t exhausted by week’s end). And I now have a special bond with …
Jan
31
A letter from a former slave to his former slaveowner in Tennessee is causing quite a stir. It’s an amazing story and it comes to us from the blog Letters of Note. The owner, Colonel P.H. Anderson, of Big Spring, Tennessee, actually had the audacity to write requesting that he return to his farm after …
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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