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Play Time
By E.M. Wilson
So the other day I ended up babysitting my second cousins (that is the unspoken glory of a large extended family, your cousins bring their kids over and you end up watching them while they catch up with your parents/the rest of their immediate family). This would be far more annoying I'm sure if my second cousins weren't completely awesome.
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The First Thanksgiving
By Malleson Emmerling
This was the fourth Thanksgiving I’ve spent as a single, separated (not yet divorced) mother. I’ll admit, it’s become much easier. This year, my heart was drawn to all of my friends and relatives who are single. The holiday season can be a time of loneliness. I chose to keep my mind focused on those who were single or widowed and pray for them throughout my day. This brought me peace.
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The Day That Jesus Came To Visit
By Jean Briese
December 7, 1973: “Where are you Mom?” It has been three days since I last saw Mom. Three days since she went out on her “date” with yet another man that I did not like.
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A Different World, A Journey Through Autism
By Allison Brown
Having four children out of seven on the Autism Spectrum is hard work. Most days have their challenges and struggles.
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Contemplating God's Amazing Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness
By Dean P. Johnson
As we are made in God’s image, we are called to do the same. But what does this mean? As a parent, I have been upset with a child, but of course still tend to their needs, their comfort. That’s easy. But what of others outside of our families? Do we have compassion for those who have wronged us? And not just for those who may have wronged us personally, but those who we see on the news
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Is "Positivity" Hurting the Pro-Life Cause?
By Therese Zepeda
"The truth will set you free.” These are the words of Jesus, but are some of us afraid of the truth...or at least some truths? Unplanned pregnancy is one of the toughest issues facing us today, but a well-intentioned exclusively positive approach might be detracting from the true and beautiful message of life.
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Our Shepherd Among Us: Reminiscences and Reflections (Part Two)
By Justin Soutar
After leaving the White House on Wednesday morning, September 23, Pope Francis headed to St. Matthew’s Cathedral in downtown Washington, a beautiful and historic church whose unusual Romanesque architecture evokes an earlier era of Christianity.
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War On Women?
By Linda Kracht
We hear often enough that a war is being waged against women in the United States. Yet, war (the noun) is defined as the state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state. That definition makes it hard to continue arguing that a war is being waged against US women. For who is the provocateur; when did it start and why;
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Shattered and Reborn in Christ
By Melanie Jean Juneau
God always manages to use those moments when I am shattered to crack my heart and soul open to more of His presence. It is like childbirth; the pain is forgotten when I hold my newborn. However, if there was no pain, no suffering in the first place, there would no baby or new growth in the Spirit. This is the paradox of authentic, Christian suffering as we journey closer to God the Father.
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The newly Empty Nesters...now what??
By Ebeth Weidner
One Friday night in late August of this year, my husband and I were sitting in separate rooms of the house within sight of the other quiet and somewhat lonely, if you will. For the first time in over twenty years, we found ourselves childless and abandoned feeling.
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I Am In Hell!
By Elizabeth Thomas
These were my Dad’s words, as he lay dying—and were repeated to us several times over, no matter what we replied back to him, trying to reassure him: “No, Dad, you are not in hell.”
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Prepare the way of the Lord!
By De Maria
It's that time of year again. Sunday, November 29, is the first day of Advent. So, its time to find those purple and rose candles and begin to celebrate the season before the season. Along with all the busy-ness of this time of year, let's take a little time out of our days to give God the glory! Did you guys know that Advent is like Lent?
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What's Wrong with the World?
By Greg Schlueter
The Times invited essays on the question, "What's Wrong with the World?". One reply, from the pen of G.K. Chesterton, distinguished itself from all others: "I am."
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Our Shepherd Among Us: Reminiscences and Reflections (Part Three)
By Justin Soutar
After making the short flight from New York to Philadelphia on Saturday morning, September 26, Pope Francis found himself standing in front of historic Independence Hall that afternoon, where he delivered an important address on the topic of religious liberty to the substantial crowd gathered on the Mall.
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Can You Name Them?
By Linda Kracht
Can you name them? Can you name the primary virtue that is one’s personal resolve of the mind and heart to maintain discipline over one’s physical (and sexual) body? The same virtue couples natural desires with what (another virtue)? What is required to maintain this virtue (three points)? What is the primary and opposing vice to the primary virtue?
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An Open Letter to Youth Ministry Leaders
By Greg Schlueter
While the below article is a bit ranty in form, sometimes we pull punches in things people really need to hear. As her father, I know it is born of a long season of real prayer, self-examination, frustration and, above all, an earnest desire for her generation to more deeply know and live for Jesus Christ. This is for youth ministry leaders who may be settling for less. Anne Marie is in her senior
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How the Womb Reveals the Dignity of Woman
By Dr. Susan Caldwell
In the Incarnation, God became “one flesh” with human nature. Through the womb of a woman, God chose to reveal himself to his creatures. Have you ever stopped to meditate on this mystery? If this is true -and it is - then what does this tell us about the dignity of woman? Each and every woman.
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