I spent the last few days with the awesome Fr. Roderick Vonhogen of the Daily Breakfast Podcast and the Catholic Insider Podcast. What a nice man–and a good priest! He’s from the Netherlands but has a worldwide audience on his podcast morning show. It’s a great show that doesn’t merely talk about religion but instead …
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Oct
04
National Catholic Reporter Review
Money quotes from the review of Googling God in the National Catholic Reporter by the obviously astute Erin Ryan: Issue Date: October 5, 2007 GOOGLING GOD: THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE OF PEOPLE IN THEIR 20S AND 30SBy Mike HayesPaulist Press, 208 pages, $16.95 In his book for youth (my edit: young adult) ministers, Googling God: The …
Sep
27
BustedHalo.com’s Renee Lareau Reviews Googling God
Renee LaReau–superstar reporter for NCR and BustedHalo weighs in on my book. Googling God The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s and 30s By Mike Hayes (BustedHalo Books) $16.95, 208 pages Reviewed by Renée LaReau In many ways, the 18-to-34-year-old crowd is a sought-after demographic. Advertisers continually try to lure young fashionistas, techies and …
Sep
21
The Googling God post of the day
I will expound on a topic each weekday that I think pertains what I’m trying to say with Googling God. Today’s topic comes from Lincoln, Nebraska: LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response. State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha said …
Sep
20
Book Review: U.S. Catholic
Matt Bigelow—U.S. Catholic reviewed my book! Googling GodBy Mike Hayes (Paulist Press, 2007)Mike Hayes left a 12-year career in radio to minister to young adults following an invitation from his parish priest. In his five years of ministry, Hayes has found that technology has fundamentally shaped their approach to information. “We need always to assume …
Sep
15
An excerpt of the book is here
BustedHalo asked for an excerpt which you can read here. I’ll try to include more pieces of the book here in the upcoming weeks. Catholic Online also asked me to write a piece for them which you can find here. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Aug
01
THE BOOK IS REALLY HERE
I held it and snuggled it close for the first time yesterday. It still has that new book smell. Paulist Press did a nice job with the cover as it looks much better than I expected and the blurbs we got for the back were really great too. I also like the font they used. …
Jun
19
THE BOOK IS HERE
Well…not quite… But it is available to be ordered on Amazon.com. You can also pre-order it on The Halo Store at BustedHalo.com here http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Apr
08
Pic of the new doggy
Isn’t he cute? http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Mar
28
Wow! Three months of inactivity
With the dawn of the Sirius show and the purchase of a new dog (Haze the Chiuaua)my time has not been my own. Apologies all around. I will make an effort at re-blogging soon. Check out the new fangled BustedHalo Blog very soon. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
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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