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The Worst Dating Advice and How To Respond to Them
Image: Joyce Huis Listen up, ladies. At the request of a friend, I’m writing this article to call your attention to the worst dating advice ever given. Advice recipients, you now have a come back. Advice givers, take heed. If you’re… Continue reading
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Why do parents find it bad if their children fall in love in high school?
You’ll have to define “bad”. Bad = not thinking things through, operating on emotion alone, allowing oneself to be in situations where one could make bad decisions that one will most likely regret later, e.g., think sex or drugs… Continue reading
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Ten Ways to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
My hubby and I will be married 25 years in December. While we don’t claim to know everything there is to know about divorce-proofing a marriage, we do have some experience with growing a marriage to its 25th year. Hope… Continue reading
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Where There Is Love, There Is No Need for Feminism (An F4L Blogging Event Post)
Feminism supposedly has accomplished much, but apparently, still not enough. When/where does it end? Most feminism, especially the radical, militant kind, seems to stem from places of anger, fear, and unrest. There is no peace to be found. These women… Continue reading
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Love Means Forgiveness: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
we do not react to evil with more evil. Need to remember this, especially in those moments when I’m fatigued, and that’s the moment when a child chooses to throw a tantrum, or talk back, or just plain be obnoxious.… Continue reading
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Humility and a Shared Vision: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Continuing to read Fr. Thomas Dubay’s Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer. Pages The second main root of conflict is seldom even noticed in our day. It is called illuminism. – emphasis mine I like to call this form of the aberration… Continue reading
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“Make Yourself a Capacity, and I Will Make Myself a Torrent”: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Nor do all couples fight — many do and a few do not. What is hellish are marriages in which the spouses are not living according to the divine plan, or they are not deeply converted from their sins, mortal… Continue reading
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Scripture, Beauty, Art, Chesterton: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Today’s reading was a bit WOW for me, I’m kinda left speechless, so I’m limiting my “response reflection” to music and art. Here’s where I “journeyed” today…. some of my favorite Scripture verses. I thought it would be interesting to… Continue reading
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Why I Love My Spouse/Why I Love God: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
Years ago, I was in one of those moods, and I asked my husband why he loved me. His response? “Because you love me.” I was quite perturbed by his response. “What are you saying, you only love me because… Continue reading
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