Pray, Fast, Give…King
Today Martin Luther King weighs in on BustedHalo’s Pray…Fast…Give Lenten Calendar. See what he calls us fast from as well by clicking here http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
“What’s that crap on your head?” and other Ash Wednesday greetings
I was proud of myself yesterday on Ash Wednesday. I fasted for good deal of the day, stretching myself a good bit. But I also fasted from laziness. I woke…
Twitter: Testing Out the Blog
So twitter will let me push this content using twitterfeed. So I’m trying to see if this actually works. We’ll see. Cmon over and comment if it does. http://feeds2.feedburner.com/GooglingGod
Great Book for Lent: Living Well
From John Roberto, who some may recognize as the former head of the Center for Ministry Development, comes this latest book (more like a workbook) to which I am a…
The 40 Day Giveaway
My friend Frank a Campus Minister at SMU in texas pointed me towards this. I’ll keep up with him and BustedHalo’s Pray fast give calendar here. I think it’s admirable…
Reminder: Ash Wednesday
Today is the start of Lent and is a day of fast and abstinence. While I’d recommend going to mass today (As I did at the harrowing hour of 7AM…
Bad Homilies
Deacon Greg pointed me to this great article on Catholic Preaching which talks about what I would call “the general unpreparedness” of Catholic preachers. Listening to sermons at Mass, one…
The Colbert Report Chaplain: Fr. James Martin!
America Magazine and occasional Busted Halo contributor, Fr. James Martin, SJ, is now the official Chaplain of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Hysterical last night right out of the…
NY’s New Archbishop is St. Louis’ Favorite Son
From the St. Louis Beacon today: While the joyful, witty Dolan is a champion hugger, he is no light weight. Brilliant theologians including the late Cardinal Avery Dulles, a Jesuit,…
Pray, Fast, Give
As Lent begins its dawn…We have constructed our annual Lenten Calendar–this year with the theme of Pray…Fast…Give. Check it out: Traditionally, Lent was intended as a time for personal conversion…