travel
Jul
30
From Niagara Falls yesterday, a rainbow followed us! God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come: I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the …
Jul
04
I enjoy flying but there is that moment where we take off and land that often gives me a slight version of the heebie-jeebies. As the plane picks up speed I make the sign of the cross as does my wife (unless she’s already asleep in which case I make one on her forehead for …
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. …
Dec
27
In his “year in review” Pope Benedict the XVI mentioned much about the recent World Youth Day in Madrid. Rocco Palmo shared his message and you can read all of it here. But here’s my favorite snippet: I would like to speak of one last feature, not to be overlooked, of the spirituality of World …
May
24
How in the world does this happen? An exhaustive, three-year search for some tapes that contained the original footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk has concluded that they were probably destroyed during a period when NASA was erasing old magnetic tapes and reusing them to record satellite data. “We’re all saddened that they’re not there. …
May
18
A doozy from Yahoo News: A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police this weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has the Internet cheering her fate. Civilians and quiet-car champions are supporting her ejection for violating policy at high volume during the 16-hour journey. It doesn’t …
May
15
Today is graduation day at The University at Buffalo, UB to those of us in the know here. Many of the students who I have come to know are graduating this day. Fortunately, many are sticking around the Buffalo area including Lauren Imbriano who will be a Catholic Volunteer here as well. A few nights …
Apr
03
Two friends were able to adopt a child from an orphanage we visited in Nicaragua, so I had these books from when we were thinking of adopting and now they can have them. I hope they can use them.
Mar
20
Today is the Buffalo St. Patrick’s Day parade. The Irish have always had it rough and so, we look to another greenie to provide us a bit of sympathy. And while we’re at it…. And more seriously… Happy St. Patrick’s Weekend to all those of Irish descent, especially my father, Michael Sr who is from …
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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