| December 20th, 2005 Some thoughts on Christmas presence HAVERTOWN, PA December 1958It’s helpful to have an older brother who’s taller than you. At the age of four Timmy is a year older and can reach things I can’t. One ... |
| November 15th, 2005 In Syracuse they gather every Wednesday to eat, drink and talk about God To Blair Frodelius, it makes perfect sense to talk about God in a bar. After all, he says, Jesus turned water into wine. "There is something about sharing ... |
| November 9th, 2005 Can Intelligent Design and Evolution Ever Get Along? This past summer, I moved to a college campus on the North Shore of Chicago. Thankfully, my dorm days are over, but via marriage to a professor, I have ... |
| November 1st, 2005 Everything (almost) you'll ever need to know about All Saints Day and All Souls Day All Saints day began May 13 in the 7th century under the charge of Pope Boniface IV. Boniface consecrated the Pantheon in Rome to the Virgin Mary and ... |
| October 25th, 2005 Facts and fantasies about exorcism With two major studio movies about exorcisms released in the past year (The Exorcist: The Beginning and The Exorcism of Emily Rose) and the re-release ... |
| October 14th, 2005 How I stopped dating and started living Two years ago, at the age of thirty, I decided I was tired of waiting for the right guy to come along and made what some people think is a radical choice. Instead of getting ... |
| October 4th, 2005 Though its influence among Christians in the West may be waning, the sacred art of fasting is flourishing in the rest of the world. This October all adult and physically capable Muslims abstain from food, water and sexual relations from dawn to sunset during the lunar month of Ramadan (October 5 to ... |
| September 27th, 2005 BustedHalo talks once again with "Fr. Gerard Thomas" This past February BustedHalo published an extended interview with Fr. Gerard Thomas, a celibate, gay priest who--using an assumed name for fear of reprisal--spoke very candidly about the presence ... |
| September 21st, 2005 The poor serving the poor in Nicaragua I set off on my recent mission trip to Nicaragua with every intention of spending a week in service to poor orphans and with the hope that ... |
| September 20th, 2005 Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped our view of the world. With ... |