It’s been a difficult few months to be sure. Our newsfeeds are flooded with stories of war from the Holy Land, rising tensions with Iran, and violence in Lebanon. Religious bigotry and attacks on Catholics-…
FRIVOLOUS vs SERIOUS
A couple of months ago, this foundation called “the United States Chamber Institute for Legal Reform” published their top 10 list of “most ridiculous lawsuits in the world.” They weren’t kidding... that was a pretty…
COMPLAINTS & PRAYERS
HOW TO GET GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. You have to give whomever wrote that headline credit. If they get paid by the number of clicks that an article received, that creator had to have had a…
DEALING WITH PRAYER SHAMING
In the last few years, particularly thanks to social media, we’ve had a rise of a disturbing phenomenon called “Prayer Shaming.” That’s when news of some horror or tragedy becomes national news - whether it’s…
GETTING TO A SWEETER LAYER
I’m not sure how many college’s and universities require it anymore, but one of the biggest pains in the neck in the whole application process was trying to write those personal statement essays. That’s where…
YES – NO – MAYBE ? HOW WILL…
Working with college students sometimes puts me ahead of the curve in seeing changes and shifts in society ... and not necessarily leaps ahead for mankind. One thing over the last few years we’ve been…
IF YOU HAD A WEEK TO LIVE, WHAT…
If you knew you had a week to live, what would you do? Have you ever been asked that question before? Maybe you’re in a group setting and they want to have an icebreaker to get people…
“NONES” KNOWING GOD
Over the last few years, and again this past week, there was a lot of attention on the fact that there’s been a decline of people in the United States who consider themselves religious, who…
DEALING WITH THE DEVIL
“A Night with an Exorcist.” It’s amazing that just posting that online or on some flyers around campus the response we received. To this day, this event remains the most popular program Newman Catholic at…