To the Desert

Leaving Substack on the path to obscurity.

Nov 29, 2025 • Brad Bursa

Seven Keys for Sustainable (Youth) Ministry

I have been asked to present about “sustainable” youth ministry to youth ministers in my archdiocese.

Nov 15, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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Crossing the Bar

Remembering my grandparents

Nov 8, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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The Saint as a Window

On the Solemnity of All Saints

Nov 1, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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October 2025

The Football Memoir of a Sub-mediocre "Hundred Pounder"

What the game taught me about virtue and life.

Oct 12, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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On Complaining: Today's Most Common Cancer

Grumbling, noise, and the importance of silence.

Oct 5, 2025 • Brad Bursa

September 2025

On Humility, Resiliency, and Courage

Quick takes from Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI

Sep 26, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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A New Way of Seeing

On Recovering a Sacramental Worldview

Sep 20, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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Wisdom of Sorrow

On the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows - September 15

Sep 15, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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Deep Soil Evangelization

A lesson from a Russian farm

Sep 11, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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All Things New

A reflection on Rev 21:1–5

Sep 3, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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August 2025

'Cause Every Bone's Tethered

A roundabout reflection on the 4th commandment

Aug 27, 2025 • Brad Bursa

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