Are People with Mental Illness Overmedicated?
Therese Borchard at her great blog on mental illness, Beyond Blue, takes on the question. Are some people overmedicated in this country? Yes. Absolutely. I devote a few chapters of…
Two Sides of the Same Church?
Semi-mocking what many would call “the one true church” Nick Kristof took aim at the Catholic Church’s hierarchy this weekend. He details two members of our church, a priest and…
Our Alternative Spring Break Video
Thanks to Thousand Foot Krutch for the inspirational song and to all those who made our Spring Break memorable especially Fr. John Duffell at the Church of the Ascension who…
Prayer Intention for Thursday’s Alternative Spring Break
Lord, our week is nearing completion. We need to leave the poor and head home. How will we be changed when we get home? How has this experience changed me?…
Prayer Intention for Wednesday’s Alternative Spring Break
Lord, I cannot imagine what it is like to have no home. But for so many of your children, that is their reality. Tonight may we be able to reach…
Students at Covenant House
Covenant House is a home for homeless youth and youth in crisis situations and let me tell you, if you didn’t know it already, they are doing God’s work. Nearly…
Prayer Intention for Tuesday’s Alternative Spring Break
We head into new directions over the next three days. For some of our group, work with infants at Mercy Center in the Bronx awaits them, while their mothers learn…
I will give you a new covenant
We’re off this morning to Covanent House to do some service work with children (we think). Two days in and a fantastic full day yesterday capped by a beautful “jazz…
Prayer Intention for Monday’s Alternative Spring Break
Today we work with Covenant House and we’re not exactly sure what it is that we’ll be doing just yet. So today we sit and leave ourselves open to your…
Old People Rock
The students and I spent our first full day in New York City at Kateri Residence which is a home for elderly adults. I had forgotten how much fun it…