Good Sax is Hard to Find…
…but Deanna Witkowski knows her jazz and is simply an awesome singer. Bill McGarvey talks with her in depth on faith, music and the intersection between the two. A snip…
Today’s Question: How do we know Mary was a Virgin?
Ginny Moyer weighs in with some great insight on BustedHalo. Both Matthew and Luke make a point of explicitly stating Mary’s virginity. Some writers get more graphic: the early Christian…
The Sports Headlines Center on Morals These Days
This week two major sports stars have been on the back page more for their actions off the field. Michael Vick the NFL Quarterback has been given a second chance…
Mary and Biology
Today’s Question on BustedHalo is answered by moi. What part did Mary’s biology play in the making of the person of Jesus Christ? Mike Hayes Anwsers:The mission of the Holy…
Today’s Question: The Moneychangers and Jesus
Joe Paprocki weighs in on the Question Box in the Googling God section of BustedHalo®. John’s Gospel describes Jesus forming a “whip of cords” (John 2:15) and using it to…
NCR: Young Catholics Accept the Church as It Is
An excellent piece by Tom Roberts in NCR’s Emerging Church Series. He interviews 8 young Jersey City parishioners on their sense of being Catholic. The results seem to surprise him,…
My reaction to the news “Your wife does not have cancer” went something like this:
Thanks to all for your prayers. Marion’s findings were benign. Special thanks to the doctors and staff at Roosevelt hospital. Deo Gratias! The best facebook response to the news came…
Pope says “individuals” need to change in order to change cycle of poverty
Quote of the weekend: Economy and finance … can be used badly when those at the helm are motivated by purely selfish ends. …we must adopt a realistic attitude as…
And Protect us From All Anxiety…Even by using Facebook
This past week my wife, Marion received word of a small nodule that was found on a recent mammogram. It’s tiny, less than a millimeter, but obviously it has shaken…
RIP John Hughes
The Breakfast Club was the big movie when I was in high school. In fact, I remember almost every time we went to my friend Karen’s house, we’d pop it…