A Best Friend to the Very End
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words: From the Daily Treat an animal blog at Discovery: The dog of slain Petty Officer Jon Tumilson refused to leave his side…
Will There Be Faith?
I’m giving you my permission to leave this blog today and to go and buy Thomas Groome’s new book on building a more modern religious education ministry. Will There Be…
How I Met My Ministry: The Early Years
Kids, this is a story that we’ll tell for the next few weeks. It’s a story of how I met my ministry. Having no children of my own and taking…
Tear Down This Wall
My colleague, Julianne Wallace, reminded me that yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall. When I was in college the wall fell and it was…
It’s a Unicorn
A touching video that won the Philips Parallel Lines ‘Tell It Your Way’ international competition! A H/T to my colleague Nick Padley for posting this on Google Plus.
Did You Know That I Am A Superhero?
Apparently, others do. This week begins the slow wind-down for the Catholic Charities Volunteer Service Corps here in Buffalo. Marion and I have served as the support couple for the…
Prayers for John Brust from St Vincent de Paul in San Francisco
In the young adult ministry world there’s a few people who I have really been impressed with throughout my many travels. John Brust is one of them. He’s been a…
Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Go to College Behind Bars?
An NPR story today tells us about San Quentin State Prison and the Prison University Project. The question of whether while serving time prisoners should be allowed to have access…
Do Your Vulnerabilities Keep You Hostage?
This year I’ve been journeying with some of our Catholic Volunteers here in Buffalo. Their experience of living in community is always a challenge for each one of them. I…
Haiti’s Only Earthquake Engineer
As we think about some of the huge tragic events of the past few years, events that will have lasting traumatic effects on this generation of college students, Haiti’s earthquake…