Church in a Bar
Arkansas Pastor decides to have services in a bar. Sounds like a theology on tap rip-off to me! Embedded video from CNN Video Appropriate? http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Facebook for Good
For CEO Mark Zuckerberg via CNN “We will welcome our 200 millionth user to Facebook some time today,” wrote Zuckerberg, who’s just over a month away from his 25th birthday.…
Rocking Good Friday
Quite frankly, I hate Good Friday. It’s dreary and dark and there’s the cross and the blood and the whipping and the people calling for Jesus to die. There’s the…
Washing of the Feet
In the time of Jesus, washing feet was a filthy job. It was the lowest job that anyone could have, so low that even some servants would refuse to do…
Pittsburgh:Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse
Rocco and Deacon Greg has the moving news The service began on a somber note. In place of the usual organ music and hymns of welcome, Bishop Zubik and his…
If I were Peter, I’d be nowhere near the Courtyard
Here’s an old Busted Halo column that I thought I’d share for Holy Thursday: Usually when St. Peter’s denial of Jesus is recounted every Holy Week I find myself feeling…
A Special Holy Thursday Memory
I met my wife (sorta) on Holy Thursday nine years ago and we went on our first date the following day: A Passover Seder at a friend’s house–where we didn’t…
Giving new meaning to Downward Dog
From today’s NY Times: Doga–Yoga with Dogs! Ludicrous? Possibly. Grist for anyone who thinks that dog-owners have taken yoga too far? Perhaps. But nationwide, classes of doga — yoga with…
Citi Field Tour
I toured the New Citi Field Stadium with my colleagues Bill McGarvey and Jarrad Venegas. Thanks to Fordham and John Cirillo for providing us the opportunity. Here are a few…
Spy Wednesday: Thoughts on Judas
Today is the day that we recall that Judas “looked for an opportunity to hand him over” an imfamously became the most well known traitor known to man. But isn’t…