Get a Dog
So after yesterday’s accident I spent the day at work and then had a long and successful retreat meeting with students and my co-campus minister Katie. I was pretty spent…
Chihuahua Domination
So this video is not of my dog. But it’s kind of how Haze the Dog gets when he encounters another dog, but not as bad. Speaking of Haze the…
Fender Bending Gratitude
This morning I dropped my wife off at her job and then drove to the local home store to order a new screen door. Then it was off to work.…
The Chasm
Barenaked Ladies has a great song called “War on Drugs” in which they discuss the Bloor Street Bridge in Toronto. It was the 2nd highest suicide site after the Golden…
Med School Mornings
I’ve been avoiding heading back to the gross anatomy lab the past few weeks, not because I was uncomfortable around dead bodies, but more because I was uncomfortable around the…
The Shaking Hands of Christ
This past Sunday I attended the 8:30 AM mass at my parish and one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen was at communion. There was a middle…
Blogging in a Wedding Homily
For all of you who think that blogging doesn’t matter… I received this surprising note from my newly married colleague Amy Smith McEntee. Dear Mike, Confused by the subject line?…
Can God Turn the Hearts of Terrorists?
Our second reading from today’s Gospel reminds us that one of our great saints, St Paul, may well have been deemed a terrorist in his day. He persecuted and killed…
September 11th: We Remember
It’s hard to believe that this dreaded day in American history is 9 years old now. I lost two dear friends that day and my wife lost a cousin. One…