May 2009
14 posts
Audio: Tanakh and YHWH →
I Pray The Rosary →
Show 36: Elijah Lives and Ahab Dies →
Show 35: Tanakh and the Personal name for God →
Article 18: Finding Your Ketchup
Sir Ken Robinson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga2CYYCrtNE) was in Omaha in the last couple of months promoting his book called, “The Element” (http://www.theelementbook.com). He talked about this incredibly important concept….of each person finding his or her ELEMENT. As in, yeah I am really in my element - defined by Robinson to mean that space where passion and competence...
Show 34: Elijah Verses the Prophets of Baal →
Show 33: The Story Behind the Immanuel Prophecy →
Article 17: Spiritual Lessons from Big Omaha
I am here at Big Omaha, a conference for tech startups and entrepreneurs. There is so much excitement about working to make cool stuff that changes the world…in some way.
GK Chesterton said that no man visits a brothel looking for something bad and I would argue that very few of these entrepreneurs are looking for something bad either.
Quite the opposite….they are looking for...
Article 16: John Wayne and St. Ignatius
I haven’t seen the movie in years, I’ve never heard it mentioned as one of John Wayne’s best, and heck maybe it isn’t good. But, as a little boy, my favorite John Wayne movie was the “Fighting Seabees”.
In the movie, John Wayne plays Wedge Donovan, a construction company owner that builds bridges for the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He eventually...
Show 32: The Story of Jonah →
Article 15: Can Catholics be Politicians?
From a Catholic position, would it ever be just, for instance, for America to bomb a target in order to kill a violent terrorist, knowing that there is a high probability of innocent civilian fatalities?
From a strictly Catholic position, no it would not be just to do this.
One can rationalize all they want about how doing so might save innocent American lives eventually or something like that. ...
Article 14: What Catholic Priests Can Learn from...
I played college football and played team sports all of my life. And the coaches who were most effective, not always the most liked, were those that called us players to action. The coaches who knew that we could do one more rep; or dig a little deeper; or sacrifice a little more. You didn’t always like those coaches; not at the moment, but they were always the ones that were most...
4 tags
Article 13: Mrs Incredible and Our Garden
Mrs Incredible is my wife Teresa. She really is an extraordinary woman and I am so blessed to have been fortunate enough to trick her into marrying me.
And trick is the only word that seems to make sense because all of my buddies constantly remind me that I married way, way beyond my league.
True enough, nevertheless, as I remind her all of the time, she gave her full consent in public, in a...
April 2009
22 posts
Article 12: Like Fishes in the Market
Back in high school, my Spanish teacher Senor Machado had a favorite saying. Whenever it was clear that we just weren’t getting something, he would laugh his jolly Cuban laugh and triumphantly exclaim……”Ahh, you are like fishes in the market. Your eyes are open but…you see Nothing!”
I sometimes feel like the “fishes in the market” through my own...
Article 11: A Letter to Anna on Her First...
My oldest daughter Anna had her First Communion today and here is a letter to her!
Dear Anna Rose Kenney, You have a very special name so lets look at it.
1) Your last name is Kenney. It should remind you of being Irish. The Irish are special because nothing is more important to the Irish than being Catholic. Always remember that your Catholic Faith in Jesus is your most treasured...
Article 10: Things a Married Man Wants
A. Things a Married Man Wants
1) Wife who thinks he is awesome
2) To do meaningful work where his passion and competence converge (either as the full time gig or as the after hours effort)
3) To be a good Dad to his kids; to raise his boys to be good Men
4) To be physically strong defined in any one of many different ways
5) Good Guy Friends
B. Number one thing a Married Man needs to do in...
Article 9: Sex - Heckuva Way to Ratify a Covenant
Throughout History, God makes promises to people and seals them with Physical Signs:
1) God to Noah - Promise? God will not destroy all creatures by the waters of a flood - Physical sign of this promise? Rainbow (Gn 9:11-17)
2) God to Abram - Promise? God is giving Abram the Land of Canaan as a possession - Physical sign of this promise? While Abram is in a trance, God, represented by a...
Show 31: The Awesomeness of Sex! →
Show 30: Jesus Hearts Taxes →
Article 8: Who is the Hero of the Story?
This is a post about Jesus the teacher; a teacher from the Pharisaic Tradition no less. Too often the Pharisees get a really unfair bad rap. So let’s settle that right now. The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were not bad guys. Quite the opposite; they were the best kind of guys. They were guys who dedicated their lives to doing the will of God. Doesn’t sound so bad,...
Article 7: Prefontaine and the Moral Life
“Without Limits” is a movie about the great American distance runner Steve Prefontaine which stars Donald Sutherland as Pre’s track coach, Bill Bowerman. In one memorable scene, Bowerman is talking to Pre about a race strategy that will almost certainly guarantee Pre a victory in his upcoming race. The strategy requires that Prefontaine hang back for the first few laps of the...
4 tags
Article 6: WSDAM
What’s So Different About Monday?
Lent is over and Easter Sunday has come and gone. We are now in the season of Easter where we celebrate the fact that Jesus is Resurrected; that Jesus is Alive; and that through Jesus we can experience the Radical Presence of God in Our lives; in a way that makes a profound difference in our lives.
So how will this time be different?
We’ve all...
Show 28: Good Friday →
Show 29: Holy Saturday →
4 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 28: Dan Kenney shares this quick refleciton on Good Friday!
6 tags
Article 5: Salvation in Bullet Points
The Drama of Salvation in Bullet Points
*Out of an incredible perfect Love (called Holy Spirit) between the Father and the Son, creation was born.
*First creation were the Angels; pure spirits, very smart, very powerful, ability to Love, very much like God except…
*Lucipher, angel of light, most powerful of the Angels and in that way, Most Like God except…
*God decides...
2 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 29: Holy Saturday
Dan Kenney reviews the words of the Apostles Creed and talks about what Jesus was doing while he was in the tomb!
Show 27: Eucharist,Heaven, and Purgatory →
9 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 27: Eucharist, Heaven, and Purgatory
Dan Kenney shares the theology behind communion,heaven, purgatory,and Eucharist!
4 tags
Article 4: Reconciliation of a Young Nervous Man
Yesterday I arrived at church 30 minutes before Reconciliation was supposed to begin. I knew the lines would be big and so I wanted to be early.
But as the people started pouring into the church, I got nervous. We have 4 different confessional rooms spread throughout the church and I had no idea which one the Priest would be using.
And worst of all, as usual, almost all of the people...
3 tags
Article 3: Who is Your Boever Family?
My parents got divorced when I was in 8th grade and all of my older brothers had left home, so in highschool I was a young man without a family.
I was naturally attracted to Good families and when I met Matt Boever halfway through my Freshman year of highschool, I quickly learned that he came from one of the best. Wally and Katie Boever had 8 children and Matt was their oldest. They lived near me...
7 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 26: Judah and Tamar
Dan Kenney tells the incredible story where Judah ends up marrying his daughter in law; really!
10 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 25: The Story of Joseph
Dan Kenney shares the story of Joseph from being thrown in the well by his brothers to becoming the 2nd most important man in Egypt!
6 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 24: Why was Jesus Riding a Donkey?
Dan Kenney tells the story of Palm Sunday and tells us about Jesus, the great “donkey riding Messiah”.
9 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 23: The Rape of Dinah
Dan Kenney tells the story of the rape of Dinah and the events that unfolded leading to the loss of birthright for Jacob’s older sons and the rise of Joseph as next leader of the family!
March 2009
22 posts
11 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 22: The Conversion of Jacob
Dan Kenney shares the story of his favorite biblical character…Jacob; from a selfish youngster to a man who many years later courageously faces his fears, this is a tremendous story of growth and conversion!
4 tags
Article 2: Can we be open to life, against death,...
I read two great articles in Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com) today. One ,”Michael Pollan Fixes Dinner” , about transforming the way we eat food (which I largely agree with) and one, “Tiniest of Baby Booms- a Monster”, about stoning people for having too many kids(which because I have six kids, I do not agree with).
Okay, to be fair, the author, Julia Whitty, never...
7 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 21: Was Jesus Resuscitated?
Dan Kenney discusses the difference between Resuscitation and Resurrection and explains why the difference should matter so much to us!
5 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 20: Teresa Kenney and the New Feminism
Teresa Kenney shares her version for a new Catholic feminism that pays women the proper dignity they are due in the plan of God’s creation!
8 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 19: Jacob is a Supplanter!
Dan Kenney tells the story of Esau and Jacob.
5 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 18: Death by Water
Dan Kenney shares the incredible power of water as used in baptism. Watch the bucket carefully…
6 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 17: Is Jesus Radically Present in Your Life?
Dan Kenney spends time reflecting on his niece Cady, Saint Cady; in asking the important question, “have you had an experience of Jesus that has made all the difference?”
9 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 16: God Tests Abraham
Dan Kenney tells the classic story of Abraham being tested with his son Isaac and explains where Jerusalem gets its name!
6 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 15: Ishmael,Circumcision, and Sodom
Dan Kenney tells the story of the Covenant of Circumcision and shares the reason behind the destruction of Sodom!
8 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 14: Abram,Lot,and Melchizedek
Dan Kenney tells the story of Abram rescuing Lot and being rewarded with a thanksgiving meal of bread and wine with Melchizedek, the priest king of Salem!
5 tags
Article 1: Abortion Why Not?
Abortion Why Not
A. It is a bad thing when people are killed. And unless another person is threatening our life, it is also gravely wrong to kill people.
B. So, what are persons and why do we universally believe that it is wrong to kill people unless they are threatening our life and trying to do us harm? As far as the why, we believe that persons have some incredible value; that we did not...
4 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 13: God Makes Three Promises to Abram (Short Version)
Dan Kenney takes a hyperactive approach to telling a shortened version of this important story!
8 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 12: God Makes Three Promises to Abram
Dan Kenney shares the important story of when God called Abram at Haran and made three promises to him!
6 tags
WatchCatholicStoryTV Show 11: Do you rely on Pi when you are lost?
Dan Kenney tells a story about when he got a concussion while playing football…as a way to reflect on what we fall back on when we are hurting.