by Michael Carlon | Jan 19, 2010 | Faith and Pop Culture
Bless me father for I have sinned.I have been listening to the 80’s channel on Sirius XM and feel quite guilty about it. I am not sure why I am drawn to this station so much; perhaps it is the original MTV VJs who I watched incessantly (much to my mother’s...
by Michael Carlon | Jan 11, 2010 | Editorials, Self Awareness
Growing up as a Catholic boy in Stamford, I went through a rite of passage that my older brother and countless others experienced before me; I became an altar server. While there were those boys whose parents “strongly encouraged” them to serve their parish in this...
by Michael Carlon | Jan 3, 2010 | Faith and Pop Culture
Today I have the unenviable task of putting all of the Christmas decorations away. It seems that it was just yesterday when the kids and I took them down from the attic and I remember completing that task with excitement and anticipation. Today’s task, however,...
