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April 17th, 2012
Appreciating faith’s unscripted moments
These days, my spiritual life unfolds like it might on an improv stage. Both improv and spirituality have organic qualities, great depth and playfulness, too. ...
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April 16th, 2012
Few of us think or live like Don Draper from “Mad Men.” You won’t find me hiding behind my office door drinking whiskey, concealing ...
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April 13th, 2012
“I am Trayvon Martin!”
This has been the rallying cry of so ...
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April 12th, 2012
One of the most popular columns I’ve ever written is about struggling with being on time. It led to a TV interview and ...
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April 10th, 2012
A look at the women at Jesus' tomb and the Resurrection Women of today
We are tired. We feel it is now time to ...
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April 5th, 2012
As many of you know, I hail for the great state of New Jersey. And when you grow up in the Garden State, there is a rich assortment of personalities that have shaped the culture ...
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April 4th, 2012
A guide to the three-day celebration of the Church
The Triduum (TRIH-du-um) is the time of the Church year when we celebrate the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This three-day ...
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April 3rd, 2012
On March 7, 2008 at approximately three o’clock in the afternoon Theodore Xavier Kim had his first shots ... four of them. Now, it should be noted that I love my son’s pediatrician. I’m using ...
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April 2nd, 2012
It’s game time. Tonight is the NCAA Men’s Tournament Championship Game. Over the weekend Kentucky was victorious over Louisville in the bluegrass battle and Kansas ...
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March 29th, 2012
I wasn't going to write about The Hunger Games movie – I'm a huge fan of the books and had no advance screening, so I just ...
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March 28th, 2012
Giving up something extreme, like your car, provides spiritual benefits
Since I was a teenager, I’d always been a heroic sacrificer of chocolate, candy, or sweets come Lent. I heart sugar, so it was ...
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March 27th, 2012
When I started writing for Busted Halo, the first piece I wrote, "What Sticks To Our Fingers," was about ...
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March 23rd, 2012
If you haven't read The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, then you know some one who has. The books and the ...
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March 22nd, 2012
A March Madness update and a look at the ethics and morals that “rule” college basketball
March Madness continues and I can hear brackets busting all ...
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March 21st, 2012
Why giving up an unexpected but targeted trapping of modern life -- like Facebook -- could be the best thing you do spiritually all year
My boyfriend and I were in Mass last month when an announcement reminded me: Lent was coming. I nudged him, stage-whispering, “Oh no -- ...
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March 19th, 2012
I have a confession to make. I am horrible at fasting. Epically horrible. My Lenten fast usually devolves into me eating precisely that from which ...
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March 18th, 2012
March Madness with a Catholic twist (UPDATED BRACKETS)
Football season is over, the start of the baseball season is still a month away, and yet this is my favorite time of the sports year -- March Madness. Aside from the joy I ...
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March 17th, 2012
Do they know why they're celebrating?
At Busted Halo we believe everybody has a halo, some are just a little more busted than others.
This St. Patrick's Day, we're hitting the streets to see whose faith trivia halo is nicely polished, and ...
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March 17th, 2012
Why we celebrate a Saint with song and drink
It’s March. The air is getting slightly less frigid, the wind is blowing, the snow is (God willing) starting to melt. This can only mean ...
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March 16th, 2012
Dear readers, donors,and friends:
Ten years ago BustedHalo.com made its debut and began reaching out to young adults who were discovering and re-discovering the Catholic Church. Through the years, Busted Halo® has grown and ...
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