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Nora Bradbury-Haehl is a contributing editor at BustedHalo. She writes from Rochester, NY.

	August 17th, 2009 God on Campus Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders discuss the spiritual and religious challenges students face in college One of the guiding principles behind Busted Halo has always been that the journey in search of deeper meaning—that countless ...
	August 17th, 2008 When It’s Online, It’s There Forever Protecting Your Reputation and Your Future Job Prospects Jim’s new internship could have been a great opportunity, but instead it turned out ...
	August 17th, 2008 Care and Feeding of the College Professor A college prof is a completely different animal from what you had in high school. No matter how well (or how poorly) you did in your classes back ...
	August 14th, 2007 Voices from Virginia Tech Trying to find normal again As students from all over the country begin returning to their campuses, moving into their dorms and catching up with old friends, the students at Virginia Tech have a different set of tasks. They too ...
	April 9th, 2007 First Appearances Why Mary Magdalene was ready to see When he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. On the first day ...
	April 3rd, 2007 A God Who “Gets it” What does the life, death and resurrection of Jesus have to do with me? Young adult experiences of the Paschal Mystery Beth didn't get the job. She'd known it was competitive but she'd nailed the interview and was almost sure she'd get hired. It would mean rather than her ...
	December 19th, 2006 The Perfect Gifts Five gifts that will always be remembered, never be returned and won't cost you a dime What's the best gift you've ever received? Classic big-ticket items like cars, jewelry, or expensive electronics might be hard to top but I'd be willing to wager ...
	December 13th, 2006 Happy, Not Harrowing Ten Tips for finally Making the Holidays Happy The catalogs and television commercials are full of smiling families greeting each other with holiday joy- gleeful reunions full of peace and goodwill. What they don't show is the ...
	May 14th, 2006 A Sense of Suffering And an unexpected grace Two years after my husband Greg and I were married, word came from his Aunt and Uncle in Florida that there was a problem with his grandmother. In one ...
	March 22nd, 2006 Listen To His Heart Surviving my husband's heart attack At 11pm on February 9th my husband started with pain in his chest. At midnight he woke me up and said, "I don't think I'm ok." We drove ...
	May 27th, 2005 Congratulations, Graduates! The most important commencement speech you'll never hear It is with a great sense of joy and pride that I stand before you, Class of 2005 of INSERT INSTITUTION NAME HERE. Today is the day, Commencement, a beginning. In this joyous moment, I'd ...
	January 29th, 2005 Surviving Winter Battling the season's harshest element ‘What? Snow???" I exclaimed. "Honey it is November" my husband gently reminded. "But I still have flowers blooming in the garden" I retorted, as if that were proof that ...
	December 23rd, 2004 Moving beyond the Manger The difference between faith that is child-like and child- ish Moving beyond the MangerIsn't he cute? That chubby little baby, his golden curls enhanced by the glowing disc behind his head. His mother and father gaze on him ...
	November 7th, 2004 Travels with Gregory A mother and son search for hope on the campaign trail On the eve of the election, I knew I needed to be in Cleveland. The democratic vote in this key swing state would be lost or found in ...
	March 14th, 2004 Scriptural Seuss Green Eggs and Ham... a Lenten Reflection I am Sam Sam I am That Sam-I-am! That Sam-I-am! I do not like that Sam-I-am! Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham. What do Green ...
	March 4th, 2004 The Problem with The Passion When Hollywood Plays with Hate and History Seeing Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was a profound experience. I left the theater with very mixed feelings. The film reflects Jesus' willingness to embrace his own humanity to the degree that he would ...
	February 18th, 2004 16 Tips for Surviving Winter or How to Survive a Trip on the Bi-Polar Express *also proven effective for Holiday coping Many people have a hard time with winter. Up North where I come from the days are short and gloomy. The cold is bitter and winter is long. The holidays, cloaked in joy and celebration ...
	January 12th, 2002 Harry the Fifth A review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix We waited and we hoped and then we went to the midnight show. We were not disappointed. They got this one just right; the film adaptation of Harry Potter ...