On That Holy Mountain
Any good scripture scholar knows that whenever someone went up a mountain, it was time to pay attention. Something important was going to happen. The ten commandments, the Sermon on…
This is my body
I’m sitting in the medical school building keeping vigil as the first group of students take their gross anatomy final. They’ll be three sections today on an incredibly cold and…
A Semester’s Grace
Our semester joyously came to an end unofficially here at St. Joseph’s with the last student mass this week. Final Exams are in full gear and semester departures for the…
College Students: Competitive or Collaborative?
Amanda Woods, one of the students at UB who I’ve gotten to know penned an excellent commentary in the UB Spectrum recently: A significant shift happens in college: people who…
Katie Makkai: Will I Be Pretty?
This is amazing. A hat tip to Lydia Moore, my colleague who supports the Catholic volunteers with Marion and I. I know she’s speaking to women mostly here. But I…
Is Your Ego Too High or Too Low? The Pharisee and Tax Collector
Did you ever feel like a fish out of water? Let me tell you a quick story…at the beginning of the semester, I went over with the med students to…
I Believe Lord, Help My Unbelief
A parish I used to visit on occasion used to do a version of the creed that I loved. The presider would say the words of the creed and the…
Rutgers Tragedy Will Make More People Afraid of Technology
While the real tragedy of the recent Rutgers University Webcam Incident is the loss of a young life undoubtedly, the effects will be much more widespread. I spend a good…
Me on TV…Springfield Edition
The Springfield Diocese and Peggy Weber sat me down while I was in Worcester (“Woo-stah” for those outside the Boston area) for a brief chat. Check it out!
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…