Xaverian Brothers Kenya Traveling Home 8 Jul 2022July 9, 2022 Traveling has its inevitable joys, wonders, and exciting moments. Who doesn’t love a beer before noon while sitting on the beach reading a book? What’s not to enjoy about seeing…
Camino de Santiago I Miss My Dad 19 Jun 2019November 4, 2020 Stage 16: Carrión de los Condes to Terradillos de los Templarios Official: 26.13 km // iPhone Step Count: 25.6 km **I have been wrestling with the following reflection for several…
Public Theology & Spirituality I will ever love thee, Dear Saint Xavier High. 19 May 2019November 4, 2020 Ten years ago, I graduated from Saint Xavier High School. As I sat with the graduating class of 2019 looking at the untold potential that lies before them, I stand…
Public Theology & Spirituality Won’t Be Home for Christmas 10 Dec 2018November 4, 2020 It's the most wonderful time of the year! Happiness and cheer! Around each corner, timeless songs echo through the air. Smiles seem to be wrapped with a bow upon the…
Public Theology & Spirituality Can you notice the difference? 10 Nov 2018November 4, 2020 Sitting in a small, un-air-conditioned room in the sweltering heat of a summer in Shanghai, China, as I was entering my senior year of college at Xavier University, I posed…
Public Theology & Spirituality What do you do on Father’s Day, when your father is gone? 16 Jun 2017November 4, 2020 I have not been home for Father’s Day for most of the last 10 years, so by and large Father’s Days consisted of a short phone call or maybe a card.…
Public Theology & Spirituality Thanks Dad 5 Feb 2017November 4, 2020 On Monday, January 30, 2017, my father, Steven Edward Nichols died. While at times we did not always love each other the way we wish we could have or should…
Camino de Santiago Home 10 Jun 2016November 4, 2020 Home. What is home? Is it the place you grew up in, your hometown? Is it the place where your family lives? Is it limited to just your parent's house,…
Public Theology & Spirituality Walking with Jesus 9 Dec 2015November 4, 2020 Discipleship at its heart is simply walking with Jesus in the real world and allowing him to teach us moment by moment, step by step. As I reflect on today’s…
Public Theology & Spirituality In Memory of a Great Man 16 Sep 2011November 4, 2020 A month ago today, my grandpa, Robert G. Runyan, died. As a way to remember him and allow people to understand what he meant to me, I decided to begin…
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