Have you ever known anyone to go to great lengths to get a fix? I’m not talking about the severe example of someone turning to prostitution to get drugs, or something along those lines but rather consider the following: -Standing outside a restaurant in sub-zero weather to have a cigarette. -An older man in a …
Tag Archive: Blogging
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Oct
16
Your tax dollars at work
Wonkette has named the top 10 DUMBEST Members of Congress. Please note that 7 of the 10 are republicans. 10. Sen Jim Bunning (R-KY) 9. Rep Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) 8. Sen Conrad Burns (R-MT) 7. Rep Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) 6. Rep Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) 5. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) 4. Rep. JD Hayworth (R-Ariz.) 3. …
Oct
16
Smart Men love smart women
The hot new book for women who think it’s never going to happen: Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women. Dr. Christine Whelan is a wonderful writer and a colleague of mine on BustedHalo.com. She made an appearence on GMA this morning. Buy her book here http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Oct
16
Milennials in Australia Have Feeble Faith
A new study on Milennials (whom I refuse to call Gen Y) from the Austrailian Redemptorist John Flynn can be found here. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Oct
14
Racially Insensitive? C’mon.
DETROIT (AP) — Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella’s Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series. Piniella had made an analogy involving the luck of finding a wallet, then briefly used a couple of Spanish …
Oct
14
Willie Randoph blows it
The Mets now down 2 games to one to the Cardinals. Why? Two words: Willie Randolph. His first bad move was bringing in Billy Wagner to start the ninth inning in Game 2. You can’t do that with guys like Wagner who thrive on the pressure situations. This was a tie game. Wagner was lackadasical …
Oct
14
Happy Birthday to the Founder
10/14 is the birthday of former Paulist Young Adult Ministries founder, Fr. Brett Hoover. A happy birthday indeed to the man the myth and the legend out in “Berzerkely” California. For those who know him, he’s finished his PhD coursework and is teaching two classes…one on young adults at a Protestant Grad School (he’s TAing …
Oct
14
More on the Cardinal Egan Fiasco
Egan made another rash mistake…Rocco reports that he slated the emergency priests’ senate meeting smack dab in the middle of a funeral for a popular priest of the diocese. Indeed he is out of touch with his men. And yet, while the letter certainly paints an accurate portrait of how the priests of the Archdiocese …
Oct
13
Goodbye Aunt Sis
I buried my mother’s sister this morning. I’m such an invisible person to my mother’s side of the family. I have no cohort group since most of the family members are my sister’s age (16 years my senior–I’m sure she loves me saying this) or they are the children of my cousins who are 10-15 …
Oct
13
Great Falls Jeff
On BustedHalo’s blog–The Spiritual Smackdown we read: Quoting the letter address to Cardinal Egan:“As you would understand, because of the severely vindictive nature of Cardinal Egan,this committee must remain anonymous.”__________________________________________________________________________Jeff writes:“This smacks of a certain immaturity and lack of courage that I am disappointed to find in our clergy. Imagine if the Founding Fathers decided …
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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