Being Transfigured
Before I was married, I was dating a woman who I had met in conversation at a parish event and we talked about how much we hated our careers–my career…
Are Today’s College Students More Sexually Liberal?
So with Donna Freitas’ recent visit to our Campus Ministry here at Buffalo I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my time at college and about how students today…
Sex and the Soul and the Absent Minded Campus Minister
So there’s snow coming to NYC and I had booked Donna Freitas the author of Sex and the Soul to speak on our campus. So she asked if we could…
Sex and the Soul Comes to Buffalo
Donna Freitas the author of the acclaimed book Sex and the Soul comes to Buffalo on Wednesday Feb 24 for a candid discussion on sexuality. Dr. Freitas’s book is essentially…
“But he did not know what he was saying”
This Sunday we hear about the Transfiguration in the Gospel and it contains one of my favorite lines in scripture. “But he (Peter) did not know what he was saying.”…
Once Again, Studies Show the Young Are Spiritual But Not Religious
Today’s LA Times points us to a Pew study that claims that younger people are becoming less religious. More accurately they state that young people “believe” but do not belong.…
Jonah Returns
Wednesday the story of Jonah makes its way into our weekly Wednesday mass on campus. I’m doing a reflection so I’ll be meditating on this for the next few days.…
Retreat #1 in Buffalo
As many of you know one of my favorite things to do is to lead retreats. So we started out small yesterday and did a one day retreat at St.…
30 Years Ago It Was No Miracle: It Was AWESOME
I was 10 years old when the 1980 Olympic Hockey Team upset the Russians, arguably the greatest hockey team in the world and then went on to beat Finland and…
God: I Love You More
Becky Eldridge from the Everything is Holy Now Blog shared this reflection the other day that provides fodder for this morning’s reflection: (My son, Brady) came up to me and…