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March 15th, 2012
It seems that every year around this time I'm inspired to write about renewal and fresh starts. That's not surprising, of course. The vernal equinox (March 20) is ...
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March 9th, 2012
Do you ever wish that you knew then what you know now? Ah -- the beauty and magnificence of hindsight, especially in marriage. Mine has ...
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March 1st, 2012
Go easy on yourself this Lent
I broke my Lenten commitment on day one. On Ash Wednesday, after a difficult day, I trudged right past two people asking for change on my way home, remembering my commitment but in my aggravation ...
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February 28th, 2012
The results are in!
Thank you to all the Busted Halo readers who participated in our fourth annual ash contest last week. We used a new web app this year, which allowed you to upload and vote for images ...
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February 22nd, 2012
Asking young adults why they attend church on Ash Wednesday
Every year on Ash Wednesday, Catholic churches are filled with people receiving ashes. More people attend church on this day ...
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February 22nd, 2012
"What are you giving up for Lent?" is not a question I heard growing up in my atheist home. It’s second nature for most Catholics, though -- to give up some favorite thing (like chocolate ...
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February 15th, 2012
It’s that time of the year again. Most ...
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February 14th, 2012
Busted Halo's Lenten Calendar
Traditionally, Lent was a time for personal conversion leading up to Easter, during which Christians practiced the spiritual disciplines of fasting, praying and almsgiving to strip away all that is unnecessary and become more mindful ...
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February 8th, 2012
The night before I traveled to my brother’s wedding I was putting the finishing touches on his wedding gift: a hand-crocheted tablecloth. After four years ...
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February 6th, 2012
Next month Busted Halo® turns 10! BustedHalo.com was founded 10 years ago in order to help young adult spiritual seekers explore their faith and connect with other young adults on their own journeys toward God. ...
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February 2nd, 2012
As the viral video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus," by Jefferson Bethke, approaches 18 million views, I will add my response ...
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January 30th, 2012
Not a football fan? Neither am I. But in a country where football is more or less a religion, it’s hard to escape the clamor ...
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January 27th, 2012
"We Need to Talk About Kevin" is already playing in NYC; it opens today in LA, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix and is rolling out nationwide.Sometimes Zuzu's petals are all you have to hold onto. That's ...
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January 25th, 2012
[The Tree of Life was a surprise nominee for Best Picture in the 2012 Academy Awards nominations on January 24. This is our review of the ...
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January 23rd, 2012
We all know the drill. We should go to ...
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January 19th, 2012
It was all of 13 minutes after midnight on Tuesday night when I went to look up something in Wikipedia... even though I knew the ...
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January 18th, 2012
Hearing God's call and trusting where it leads
Let’s talk about the New Year. If you’re like me, you picked up a few magazines with promising headlines like “Finding the New You in ...
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January 16th, 2012
Since I wrote for Busted Halo about Mitt Romney's first run for president in 2008, much has changed in the public landscape regarding knowledge ...
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January 11th, 2012
One woman's work to end human trafficking led her but first to prayer
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. If you're Joy Brooks, every day is a chance to raise awareness about the horror of modern-day slavery and ...
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January 8th, 2012
On loving books in a digital age
In the last week, two different people have asked me if I have any interest in owning a Kindle. My answer both times was a ...
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