Website Wednesday: Busted Halo

Busted Halo looks like this

Today, we'll take a look at a popular web magazine focused on our Catholic faith, and faith in general: BustedHalo.com.  Don't be fooled by its name, the website is a great portal for growing your faith.  Overseen by the Paulist Fathers, Busted Halo tries its best to reach you where you're at through engaging articles, podcasts, videos and more.

Engaging the World
Busted Halo makes a point of writing articles relevant to what's going on in the world right now.  An example of that was their recent coverage on the death of Steve Jobs.  Four different blog articles from four different perspectives appeared on the website, sifting through Jobs' life and finding principles that can be applied to our life in faith or lamenting how his passing will affect their family life.  If there's something big going on in the world, an article from Busted Halo should appear shortly, engaging that event from a Catholic perspective.


21st Century Spirituality
An entire section of the Busted Halo website is devoted to spirituality and religion.  What Works produces "practical tools for your personal spiritual life," while other articles are dig into foundational spiritual truths such as prayer, forgiveness, and loving others.

Short, Substantive Videos
Take a look at the image above.  In conjunction with the Catholic Communication Campaign, Busted Halo is producing Sacrament 101 videos to educate adults and youth about the basics of what we believe in a very engaging manner.  That's just a sampling of the kind of quality videos offered by Busted Halo.  They have "two minute videos" that zoom through current happenings (whether liturgical or otherwise), but get to the heart of the topic at hand.
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This is just a sample of what's offered at Busted Halo.  It's important to point out that there are many different perspectives within the Catholic faith.  Not everything posted to Busted Halo I've agreed with, but overall, it is a good website.