Looking Back and Moving Forward…
When I took over as editor-in-chief of Busted Halo in May 2004 we were still living in a web 1.0 world. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter…
read moreA Tale of Two Transfers
Often it’s the things that don’t turn out the way we’d planned that teach us the most about ourselves and what’s important. A more philosophical…
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Noisy Children at Mass Are Part of Our Catholic Community
I once sat behind an older man who was angry because our then-3-year-old was talking in church. The man spent the entire Mass huffing and…
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The Magis: An Ignatian Antidote for Burnout
This summer, I finally got around to cleaning up the tall bookshelf in my office overflowing with books and binders. I soon came across a…
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Catholic Social Teaching in Action: How to Follow in the Footsteps of Holy Men and Women
Often referred to as “the best-kept secret of the Church,” Catholic Social Teaching is central to our Christian faith, representing as it does our collective…
read moreBusted: Morgan Atkinson
Introduction and interview by Bill McGarvey It is no surprise that a young seeker—as Morgan Atkinson was back in the mid-1970s—would be interested in the…
read moreThe Belly of a Paradox
Forty years ago today, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk and perhaps the most popular American Catholic writer in history, stepped out of a bathroom shower…
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