by Michael Carlon | Jul 10, 2009 | Faith and Pop Culture
While President Obama is in Rome this week for the G8 summit, he is scheduled to meet with the Pope. This meeting is causing some outrage amongst Catholics who question why the Pope would want to meet with President Obama given the latter’s support of abortion. This...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 6, 2009 | Faith and Pop Culture
Another run today and another chance to see how faith and culture intersect.______________Every year I start an argument with my wife over mulch. I know it sounds crazy but it used to boggle my mind why we had to lay down new mulch every year. She always told me it...
by Michael Carlon | Jul 6, 2009 | Editorials, Faith and Pop Culture
I wanted to share with you a memory of my father that was published in The Stamford Advocate in June of 2008.My father has had a wonderful impact on my life and it motivated to write this piece.______________What do an old pair of Nike sneakers, Paul Simon, The...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 30, 2009 | Faith and Pop Culture
The below is another submission that I sent to the Busted Halo Show (M-F 7pm-10pm, Sirius 159, XM 117) for their segment entitled Faith and Culture Thursdays. If you have not done so yet, I strongly encourage you to purchase U2’s latest album No Line on the...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 30, 2009 | Faith and Pop Culture
I have been a fan of Jim Breuer since his days on SNL. He has a show in Sirius Satellite Radio called Friday’s with Breuer that is a true definition of “Reality Radio.” The biggest mistake that Raw Dog Comedy made was not letting him continue with...
by Michael Carlon | Jun 30, 2009 | Editorials, Faith and Pop Culture, Self Awareness
This was published in today’s edition of the Stamford Advocate (www.stamfordadvocate.com) in the “Letter’s from Readers” section. I figured it was a good way to start off this blog. What do you think? Was that last line too...
