Lent
How to Step Outside Yourself this Ash Wednesday
It’s coming. Lent starts in less than two weeks on Ash Wednesday. For most Newman centers, more people show up on Ash Wednesday than any other day of the year. There’s something about this day that...
Evangelization Tools
When It Feels Too Strategic to Evangelize
My wife and I first met Carlene shortly after we moved to Halifax. She was dating a friend of ours and it felt as though we hit it off with her right away. She was chatty, friendly, and a deep...
Culture
Understanding Your Fears & Joys Behind Money
I grew up in a third world country. The social divide between classes is discernible and normalized. My middle class family always had enough to get by, but there wasn’t always extra. Because...
Who is God
How to be a Steward
Which is better, being an owner or a steward? Fr. Mike reminds us of the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14 -30) as he points out how seeing ourselves as an owner is not as great as it...