Of Boyfriends and Sock Monkey Hats
I’ve been relaxing with my wife and her family over the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s been a lot of fun. We went to see Sesame Street Live with my youngest niece.…
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…
For Anyone Who’s Lost a Pet
This was brave of Snoopy’s best friend. Pets give us so much of themselves. I was asking Fr. Jack about whether he had dogs before his Old English Sheepdogs (Ripley…
I’ll be damned. I’m a man…
My former colleague at WOR Radio, Noah Fleishman, penned an elegant piece on Facebook today about realizing that he is now a man. Here’s just a snip: I’d been working…
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…
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…
Sometimes a picture is worth 1000 words
My parents on their 60th Wedding Anniversary!
The Best Examples of Marriage: My Mom and Dad
Today marks my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary. In case you missed that…that’s SIXTY years. I can’t imagine doing anything for sixty years. I have had four jobs in my lifetime,…
Googling God: The Baseball Tour
For the next few days, I’ll be travelling with my two college pals, Kevin Cryan and Victor Mendoza, two four baseball stadiums–a brief respite from work. This was Marion’s present…
The Need for Sabbath
The NY Times reports today that clergy are burning themselves out. Duh, you’re not exactly breaking a story there. The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few…