<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Busted Halo &#187; Kicking and Screaming</title> <atom:link href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/category/blogs/kickingandscreaming/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com</link> <description>an online magazine for spiritual seekers.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:39:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Magazine Quizzes as Points of Spiritual Reflection</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/magazine-quizzes-as-points-of-spiritual-reflection/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/magazine-quizzes-as-points-of-spiritual-reflection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Airplane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Bailey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[It's A Wonderful Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Magazine Quizzes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pat Sajak]]></category> <category><![CDATA[priesthood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spirit Magazine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stocks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wheel of Fortune]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=11241</guid> <description><![CDATA[I know that a magazine entitled “Spirit” does not necessarily involve any faith connotations per se.  Of course, the official magazine of Southwest Airlines never claimed to focus on journeys of faith… only those involving honey-roasted peanuts.  And when I picked up the magazine on a recent flight, I can’t say that I finally solved [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/magazine-quizzes-as-points-of-spiritual-reflection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Up In The Air: Avoiding Collars In Enclosed Spaces</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/up-in-the-air-avoiding-collars-in-enclosed-spaces/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/up-in-the-air-avoiding-collars-in-enclosed-spaces/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:20:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=11133</guid> <description><![CDATA[You know how “Fight Club” has these rules?  Well, as I’ve come to learn, priests also have similar rules among themselves.  Rule Number One: Do not wear clerics on an airplane.  Rule Number Two: DO NOT WEAR CLERICS ON AN AIRPLANE. Why is this you may ask?  Well, the best explanation I can give is a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/up-in-the-air-avoiding-collars-in-enclosed-spaces/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ash Wednesday and Giveaways</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ash-wednesday-and-giveaways/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ash-wednesday-and-giveaways/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:40:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ash wednesday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canyon of Heroes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Keychains]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Palm sunday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[T-Shirts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Team Mascots]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ticker-Tape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trade Shows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ash-wednesday-and-giveaways/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Did you know that Ash Wednesday is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation?&#160; Seriously!&#160; My jaw dropped when I heard this yesterday.&#160; The reason: Ash Wednesday is not considered a Feast Day… it’s a fast. That being said, for a day that does not fall under the purview of obligation, it sure does get good attendance.&#160; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ash-wednesday-and-giveaways/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>We Could Be Heroes: King David and Moulin Rouge!</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/we-could-be-heroes-king-david-and-moulin-rouge/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/we-could-be-heroes-king-david-and-moulin-rouge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:54:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=11003</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I first saw Moulin Rouge! about ten years ago, one of my artsier friends brought me to the independent movie house and I had no idea what I was walking into.  She had a reputation for crazy films so I was skeptical at first.  As the movie started (if you’ve ever seen it), my [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/we-could-be-heroes-king-david-and-moulin-rouge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sponsorships and Saints&#8230; Cash Windfall?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/sponsorships-and-saints-cash-windfall/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/sponsorships-and-saints-cash-windfall/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:20:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baltimore Ravens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benedict of Nursia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brooklyn Dodgers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cattle Diseases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ebbets Field]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fundraising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Goya Kidney Beans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Outback Bowl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[patron saint of open sores.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pepto-Bismol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peregine Laziosi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philadelphia Basketball]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PSINet Stadium]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saint Blaise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[St. Blaise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sugar Bowl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vick's]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10944</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was an act of incredible self-restraint to NOT begin my reflection for the feast of Saint Blaise—the patron saint of throat illnesses—with this opening line:  “Today’s homily is brought to you by Vicks!” I know, “bad seminarian.”  How dare I even think of money when reflecting on one of the holy ones of the church, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/sponsorships-and-saints-cash-windfall/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>iPads in Liturgy?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ipads-in-liturgy/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ipads-in-liturgy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog Flash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Apps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harrison Ford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lectionary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lector]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quaker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Universalis]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ipads-in-liturgy/</guid> <description><![CDATA[While I adore the parish at which I am serving this year, I sometimes wonder if it is run by Quakers rather than Catholics.  Because at the beginning of Daily Masses at my Church, only the priest seems to have an assigned role. Of course roles are much more defined during the Sunday services, but for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ipads-in-liturgy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Reflecting on Isaac Hecker and the Conversion of St. Paul</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/reflecting-on-isaac-hecker-and-the-conversion-of-st-paul/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/reflecting-on-isaac-hecker-and-the-conversion-of-st-paul/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:29:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[america]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beatles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conversion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conversion of St]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conversion of St Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ed Sullivan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry David T]]></category> <category><![CDATA[henry david thoreau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isaac Hecker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jerry Garcia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paulist fathers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paulists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ralph]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ralph Waldo Emerson]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10933</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I was sitting with some of the young adults at our parish in Austin and I casually mentioned the name of  Issac Hecker.  The response to that name was, &#8220;Who&#8217;s that?&#8221;  And initially the response took me off-guard because for the past three-and-a-half years, much of my conversation has centered [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/reflecting-on-isaac-hecker-and-the-conversion-of-st-paul/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>That Must Be Difficult</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/that-must-be-difficult/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/that-must-be-difficult/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:30:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog Flash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Born To Run]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bruce springsteen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catholic chaplains]]></category> <category><![CDATA[central park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chaplain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commute]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dr. Katz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Flesh Eating Virus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ghostbusters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hospital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Oliver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ordination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rectory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Road House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Swiss Army Knife]]></category> <category><![CDATA[That Must Be Difficult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Daily Show]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10872</guid> <description><![CDATA[The emotions involved in coming THIS CLOSE to meeting Bruce Springsteen. &#160; &#160; &#160; ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/that-must-be-difficult/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Buddy System</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/the-buddy-system/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/the-buddy-system/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:46:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddy Christ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddy System]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chaplain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CPE]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dogma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hospital]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Patients]]></category> <category><![CDATA[To Do List]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10857</guid> <description><![CDATA[On more than one occasion, I found myself utterly forgetting the patient’s name when praying with the patient. Somehow praying for “Buddy’s” recovery and for God’s presence in “Buddy’s” life in this time of trial seemed less… personal.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/the-buddy-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I AM A MAN</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/i-am-a-man/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/i-am-a-man/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog Flash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[007]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Casino Royale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniel Craig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FHM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garbage Strike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I AM A MAN]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Bond]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Man Card]]></category> <category><![CDATA[manhood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[martin luther king]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maxim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Memphis Garbage Strike]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MLK]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paulists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Gibbons]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10835</guid> <description><![CDATA[Climbing "Mount Bond" was a challenge that I always lost but never stopped trying to conquer while growing up. The closest I got in my attempts were smoothly ordering a "Coca-Cola, two cherries, no ice" when going out to restaurants, my own underage version of the famous vodka martini... I know, I know, you only wish you could be THAT cool.  ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/i-am-a-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ten Weddings and Two Funerals</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ten-weddings-and-two-funerals/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ten-weddings-and-two-funerals/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:14:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[berkeley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cal berkeley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[discernment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doc Holiday]]></category> <category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Four Weddings And A Funeral]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Funerals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hotel Rwanda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mourning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Normal Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Novitiate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paulists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pre-cana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Suburbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tombstone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Val Kilmer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Weddings]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ten-weddings-and-two-funerals/</guid> <description><![CDATA[There's no such thing as a normal life, Wyatt. There's just life." - Val Kilmer (as Doc Holiday), Tombstone]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ten-weddings-and-two-funerals/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions&#8230; Ehhh.</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-new-years-reflection/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-new-years-reflection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:56:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cold Weather]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jenny Craig]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new year]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new years]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new years resolutions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Overcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[resolutions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sacrifice]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10759</guid> <description><![CDATA[I myself am not a fan of New Year's resolutions; I much prefer Lent when it comes to endeavors of personal improvement. For Catholics, the practice of sacrificing something of value for 40 days is like a New Year's resolution, except with teeth.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-new-years-reflection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Walk Through Berkeley</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-walk-through-berkeley/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-walk-through-berkeley/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:42:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[berkeley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Big Lebowski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cal berkeley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carvel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fudgie The Whale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Live Vegan Food]]></category> <category><![CDATA[newman center]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10752</guid> <description><![CDATA[With a pork burrito in my hand, a song in my heart, and Fudgie the Whale back in my life, I am feeling generous, so I agree to partake in the survey.  The first question: why did I leave USAA?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-walk-through-berkeley/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Year&#8217;s Eve 2006&#8230; or &#8220;Ribbon In The Sky&#8221;</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/new-years-eve-2006-or-ribbon-in-the-sky/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/new-years-eve-2006-or-ribbon-in-the-sky/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/new-years-eve-2006-or-ribbon-in-the-sky/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The following is a continued account of my first year in seminary with the Paulist Fathers. Holy Thursday 2006 was spent in a bar. The screen writing class I had been taking finished its six week run and we all decided to go out for a beer. After the evening was through, the instructor of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/new-years-eve-2006-or-ribbon-in-the-sky/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>An Easy Ten Bucks</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/an-easy-ten-bucks/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/an-easy-ten-bucks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:16:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10690</guid> <description><![CDATA[On the day I was to serve as an acolyte for the first time, I was nervous.  For those who are unfamiliar with the term, the acolyte is essentially an altar server.  But I was nervous because while I believe I have been given many gifts in life, hand and foot coordination has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/an-easy-ten-bucks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expectations and Christmas</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas-2/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Where I grew up, there really was a danger of grandma getting run over by a reindeer.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expectations and Christmas</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:50:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/expectations-and-christmas/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fifteen years ago I was living in Phoenix Arizona and my mother—someone who was born in Brooklyn New York and has only thee times in her life crossed the Mississippi River—wanted to know what “IT” would be like. “IT” was, of course, Christmas&#8230; and I knew exactly what she was talking about.  The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/expectations-and-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>My Inner Fonzie</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/my-inner-fonzie/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/my-inner-fonzie/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:51:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10637</guid> <description><![CDATA[“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what we share with someone else when we&#8217;re uncool.” - Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous After the road trip ended in September 2006 and we arrived back at St. Paul’s College in Washington, DC, I began to see what one of my bigger struggles would be during my [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/my-inner-fonzie/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joementum</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/joementum/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/joementum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:04:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10634</guid> <description><![CDATA[This continues a series of entries that describes the time when I first entered seminary in the Fall of 2006. Leaving Chicago, I am in a bit of a mood.  Learning that Fr. John left the community served as a reminder that my reasons for resisting priesthood all of these years extended well beyond prohibitions [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/joementum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Reflection on Juan Diego</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-reflection-on-juan-diego/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-reflection-on-juan-diego/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:55:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-reflection-on-juan-diego/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today I am going to do something out of the ordinary and talk about a Gospel Reading that we didn’t read today.  In the gospel of Luke, we read:  And to another [Jesus] said, ‘Follow me.’  But [the man] replied, ‘(Lord,) let me go first and bury my father.’  But [Jesus} answered him, ‘Let the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/a-reflection-on-juan-diego/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Dear Chicago, You&#8217;ll Never Guess&#8230;</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/dear-chicago-youll-never-guess/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/dear-chicago-youll-never-guess/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:24:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10587</guid> <description><![CDATA[This continues a series of entries that describes the time when I first entered seminary in the Fall of 2006. I’m thinking that my earlier college analogy doesn’t feel quite right; this time of my life feels more reminiscent of the years I spent after college as a full time volunteer.  The adventure of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/dear-chicago-youll-never-guess/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>4:30 in the Morning (Part 2)</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-2/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:15:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are many days when I lament celibacy.  Valentine&#8217;s Day is one of those days.  The release of the SI Swimsuit Issue is another day.  But while watching holiday movies Thanksgiving night and being subjected to commercial after commercial about husbands and boyfriends buying their significant others jewelry that&#8217;s ON SALE for $5,000, a deep [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>4:30 in the Morning (Part 1)</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-1/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:27:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-1/</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the interests of being topic, this post describes one of the first Thanksgivings I spent with the Paulists and the very special day that came after it. I&#8217;m kind of a four trick pony in the kitchen. As it happens, three of those tricks revolve around Thanksgiving Day, so I volunteered to cook again this [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/430-in-the-morning-part-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ain’t That America</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ain%e2%80%99t-that-america/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/ain%e2%80%99t-that-america/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:05:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=10532</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sorry it has been so long in between posts &#8211; the pastor at the church in which I am currently stationed passed away suddenly this week.  Please keep the soul of Fr. Jim Wiesner in your prayers. 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It&#8217;s probably appropriate that when I crawled downstairs during the early morning hours of Good Friday in April 2006, Jerry MacGuire was on.  I’ve never known how quite to describe preceding two hours; some people [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/the-voice-of-god-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/mona-lisas-and-mad-hatters/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/mona-lisas-and-mad-hatters/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:59:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/mona-lisas-and-mad-hatters/</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of entries that describes the time when I first entered seminary in September of 2006. “Now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City…” I find myself standing in front of the Carousel in Central Park in part because of a sleepless night six months [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/mona-lisas-and-mad-hatters/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Homily for Martin of Tours and Veterans Day</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/homily-for-martin-of-tours-and-veterans-day/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/homily-for-martin-of-tours-and-veterans-day/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[homily]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/homily-for-martin-of-tours-and-veterans-day/</guid> <description><![CDATA[From time to time, I will be including homilies I am currently giving at my pastoral assignment in Austin.  Below is the one I gave today to commemorate the Feast Day of Martin of Tours as well as Veterans Day. 91 years ago in 1918, on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/homily-for-martin-of-tours-and-veterans-day/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Halftime</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/halftime/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/halftime/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Tom Gibbons</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kicking and Screaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Al Roker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breakfast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chaplaincy training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[karl rahner]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new yorkers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pizza]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religious formation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seinfeld]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seminarians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Today Show]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/halftime/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have never technically been a New Yorker.  Even though my parents both grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up in Northern New Jersey—the half of the Garden State that roots for the Yankees and knew Al Roker long before he moved downstairs to the Today Show—full membership into the Big Apple was always [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/blogs/halftime/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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