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May 27th, 2009
Thirtysomething, single and looking for affirmation
I attend church in a left-leaning parish that specializes in outreach services to students at the local university. It succeeds so well that every Sunday ...
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May 22nd, 2009
...that won't require a bailout
The unofficial start of summer usually begins with barbecues, a long weekend away, visiting relatives, or heading to a beach town to visit your summer ...
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May 13th, 2009
Notre Dame, Obama and the Church in Culture
For some it was the shot heard round the world. When Cardinal Francis George got up to preach on a cold Saturday evening more than ...
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May 12th, 2009
From Malcolm Gladwell to St. Ignatius, the science and spirituality of how we decide
Some call it intuition. Divine insight. Animal instinct. God's Will. Whatever we label this natural ability to tune in to a deeper inner voice, the ...
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May 8th, 2009
A Catholic perspective on religious tattoos
Mark your calendars: We are have moved into one of those rare periods where being Jewish — throughout history a fairly exciting state of existence ...
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April 29th, 2009
Part 3 - Practicing What they Preach
There are more slaves today than at any other point in human history.
— E. Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous
For most of us, it's difficult ...
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April 22nd, 2009
Here's a chance to win the national advice columnist's new memoir, The Mighty Queens of Freeville!
Ann Landers' successor shares the secrets of where she finds moral guidance and why a barbecue pit is the perfect place to find God
Interview and introduction by Kristine Gasbarre...
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April 20th, 2009
Spoken word poets offer a raw, inspiring and spiritual message
On a Friday night in the East Village of Manhattan, a diverse crowd of 250 people in chairs, on the floor and standing shoulder to ...
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April 8th, 2009
Without eating your weight in Peeps
My freshman year of college I was irate. After twelve years of Catholic school I expected some sort of vacation at Easter. My secular college ...
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April 6th, 2009
Part 2 - Children Saving Children
There are more slaves today than at any other point in human history.
— E. Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous
For most of us, it's difficult ...
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March 31st, 2009
Take the Freshman Survival Guide Survey!
When we published Busted Halo's® First Annual Freshman Survival Guide in 2005, we thought we had a good idea on our hands; we just didn't ...
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March 30th, 2009
When a friend's life is consumed with Christian group activity, resentment brews
Twenty minutes after our agreed upon meeting time, my best friend Andrea rushed into the coffee shop smiling and apologetic. The devil on my left ...
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March 25th, 2009
A younger generation expresses their Jewishness in controversial ways
Evocative, disrespectful, proud, antithetic: these are just some of the words used to describe Jews with tattoos. Seth Alamar, who has 30-odd tattoos, calls most ...
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March 23rd, 2009
Part 1 - An interview with E. Benjamin Skinner
There are more slaves today than at any other point in human history.
— E. Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous
In his 1999 book, Disposable People, ...
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March 21st, 2009
An early morning epiphany while the world's biggest band played at my Catholic college
I clutched the barricade in front of me with all my strength, afraid to lose my prime spot as the crowd pushed from behind. Feet ...
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March 18th, 2009
A mother is torn when options are limited
I lead a double life.
To some that might sound glamorous; to others, intriguing; and there are those who might think it sounds plain exhausting. ...
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March 4th, 2009
A Jesuit priest dares soon-to-be graduates to consider service
Unlike any time in recent history, college seniors are being forced to think long and hard about what's next. Though some no doubt are struggling ...
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March 3rd, 2009
How a college senior and her classmates are dealing with the stress of graduating during the biggest economic downturn in decades
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February 17th, 2009
Legendary lead vocalist from The Staple Singers on Dr. King, Barack Obama and being wrapped up in the Lord's arms
Lost among the hoopla of the Inauguration of Barack Obama — among the celebrity sightings, the musical guests, and the soaring rhetoric — was the ...
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February 2nd, 2009
The growing trend to tattoo your faith on your sleeve
Eyes of friends and strangers alike immediately fall to the arm, the shoulder, the back, or perhaps even to the unnaturally elongated earlobe ...
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