Navigating Mental Health Struggles: How Scripture Helps Me Find Hope This Advent
To celebrate the darkness of Advent – a season of mystery and waiting, anticipating the birth of Christ, the Light of the World – amidst…
depression
The Paradox of the Cross: How I Found Hope in My Suffering
I grew up outside of church and only mildly conscious of God. When I graduated from high school, I moved from the west, where I…
Robin Williams Made the Whole World Laugh
Robin Williams made the whole world laugh, and he died of sadness, how can that be true? I mean, he was the psychologist who healed…
Good Results from Bad Habits?
If you’re reading this in the midst of a stressful day at the office, here’s some good news: When you go home to do what…
The Wisdom to Ask for Help
In the last year, at least six Cornell University students have committed suicide, with the most recent death in March. Back in the late 1990s,…
Contagious Virtues… and Vices?
We generally understand how a virus or flu spreads: I’m sick and I shake hands with you. Then, you touch your nose and… oops, now…
Faithful Departed—David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was a famous writer, which is not that common anymore. He wrote “Infinite Jest,” arguably the most important novel of the past…
BustedHalo Cast #155
Can my priest help me with depression? Interview with Yankee Stadium announcer Bob Sheppard Church Search: Baldwin, Long Island Passing of Fr. Paul Keenan, of…
Is is true that if someone commits suicide they will go to hell even if they are a Christian and believe in God?
Catholics believe that suicide is a serious evil in and of itself. It’s a sin against God, who is the author of all life, against…
