A Call to Action in the Central African Republic
Sorry, but I’m about to rock your pleasant workday. Since I returned from my trip to Rwanda with Catholic Relief Services, I read the news headlines with a…
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Author: Lisa M. Hendey
Making a True Difference: Greater Good Technology
I love all of the terrific Catholic micro-funding campaigns going on — when we pool our small contributions together, the projects we help to fund have the potential…
CARA Study Shows Me Why Social Media Matters
Carol Zimmermann of Catholic News Service recently wrote a great article which gave an overview of this year’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate report to Catholic press…
Being a Missionary
In his morning tweet earlier this week, Pope Francis thanked missionaries who “quietly work hard”: I thank all missionaries, men and women who quietly work hard for the…
We Cannot Sleep Peacefully
In perhaps ironic fashion, the text woke me from a deep sleep at 2:01 am the morning of August 17th: We cannot sleep peacefully while babies are dying…
Can there be dialogue when you’re tweeting with atheists?
One of my first stops each morning is to pay a quick visit to my favorite social media site: Twitter. Typically, my overnight haul of tweets that I’ve missed…
Applauding Google’s “No Porn” Stance for Glass
My radio segment recently on The Son Rise Morning Show with Brian Patrick broached the topic of Google’s recent decision to ban a particular adult-oriented (read“pornography”) “Glassware” application on the new Google…
Offensive Evangelization
I’m still mulling over a treadmill “conference” I had with a dear friend at the gym. This particular person is very religious, but not Christian. My friend shared…
A Week Offline and the New Evangelization
I’d intended to take the Easter Triduum off and then resume blogging, but travel to the land of “no free wifi connection” conspired against me. After fretting for…
Social Media’s Impact on the Boston Marathon Tragedy
During my radio segment on last Wednesday’s episode of the Son Rise Morning Show with Brian Patrick, my conversation with Brian took an interesting spin on the recent Boston…