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An Unexplained Moment, A Gift From God
An Unexplained Moment, A Gift From God
By Pam Spano
Years ago, I had one of those unexplained moments that caught me completely off-guard. Some would call it supernatural, something from beyond or even just my imagination. Though I don't understand it, I would call it a gift from God.
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How Big Is God?
How Big Is God?
By Erika Wehrly
A man on the radio the said the other day, "The way you see God affects all aspects of your life. If you see God as big, then you're problems will be small in comparison, but if you see God as small then you may think you have big problems."
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The Importance of the Family
The Importance of the Family
By Amanda Knapp
I want my kids to grow up in a beautiful world. I want them to smell flowers and view sunrises and dance in fields of wildflowers and be so underwhelmed because it pails in comparison to the beauty they see among friends.
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Are You A Hypocrite for Being Pro-Life and Anti-Birth Control?
Are You A Hypocrite for Being Pro-Life and Anti-Birth Control?
By Arnold Scott
The excellent social commentator Damon Linker at The Week has struck again. He honestly evaluates the recent revelations of Planned Parenthood videos and how some liberals are, ridiculously, instead focusing their outrage on the death of a lion. His August 4 column is worth reading:
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The Kind of Miracles That No One Ever Hopes For
The Kind of Miracles That No One Ever Hopes For
By Mary Ann Gambill
We want the miracles that include our happy ending, where our overwhelming victory drowns out memory of the soul crushing struggle. We want our idea of what hope and miracles are worthy of to be made material. Hope is not cruel in it being a gift, a grace from God. It is cruel when we assign hope to what is not eternal.
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Charting, It's Not Just for Sailors!
Charting, It's Not Just for Sailors!
By Jennifer Elia
Charting is an integral part of Natural Family Planning (NFP) and one of my greatest challenges. I think that it is related to my struggles with producing daily lesson plans. After years of studying to be a teacher, and plenty of reading and workshops on producing good lesson plans, it was always my greatest downfall.
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Tale as Old as Time
Tale as Old as Time
By E.M. Wilson
So today I got to thinking that the movie Beauty and the Beast can be used as a perfect metaphor for why I find it so difficult to defend the faith sometimes. Just to be clear this is not an admission to shortcomings in Catholic doctrine- quite the opposite in fact.
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I Know Mine and Mine Know Me
I Know Mine and Mine Know Me
By Faith Flaherty
The other day it was my pleasure to pick up my little 25 month old granddaughter. I had never done this before and was a little concerned about how she would react. I know she knows me, but not in the context of removing her from a familiar setting to go off with me. But we had no choice. Her mother, my daughter, was held up at work.
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The Bride of Christ
The Bride of Christ
By Jennifer Elia
So many times we hear, "the Church doesn't like women," or worse, "God doesn't like women." Nothing could be further from the truth. For a few years, I led a Little Flower Girls Club group at my church. It was something that the girls enjoyed and I felt passionate about, but it became increasingly difficult to get solid commitments from families with the pulls of so many other activities...
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Grandmothers' Gifts
Grandmothers' Gifts
By Sherry Kenner
I was young when my mother’s mother passed away. We called her Maw-Maw. My only memories of her are of a very sick woman. My mother became her nurse in those days. I do not remember any conversation I ever had with Maw-Maw. My mother has told me that she enjoyed life. She loved dancing and visiting her friends. It must have been very hard on her to have a disabling disease...
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Walking the Walk--Yes, that Walk!
Walking the Walk--Yes, that Walk!
By Jennifer Elia
I remember in college orientation being introduced to the term "the walk of shame," young co-eds returning in the early morning after partying and one night stands. Everyone discussed how difficult it would be and what the reality meant to your college future. It still happened, but it was at least out in the open.
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Forgiveness in a non-forgiving world
Forgiveness in a non-forgiving world
By Tess Shore
Every day, especially in America, people are condemned for crimes that they commit or do not commit. We can talk about the big crimes of violence which may make the person end up in prison. However, this article is going to be about forgiving the crimes that do not constitute the legal system getting involved.
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Interview With Author Maria Thompson
Interview With Author Maria Thompson
By Anabelle Hazard
What you are about to read is a privileged interview with Maria Thompson, author of “See You in Heaven: the life and writings of Rosie Gil,” an inspiring book on blessed motherhood.
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What Have We Done?
What Have We Done?
By Elizabeth Thomas
In the Book of Exodus, we have first the Egyptians, and then the Israelites asking this question—“What have we done?” Just like them, we find ourselves asking the same question when embarking on a whole new way of life, or making some changes that require extra risk when we follow our passion and dreams.
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The Shameful Silence--it Honors Evil
The Shameful Silence--it Honors Evil
By Larry Peterson
"Silence in the face of evil is evil itself." Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran theologian in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler. His book, "The Cost of Discipleship", has become a classic. Focusing on the "Sermon on the Mount", the book more or less spelled out what Bonhoeffer thought was the true way to follow Christ.
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Who Cares What the Church says, I Do What I Want
Who Cares What the Church says, I Do What I Want
By Lorrie McNickle
How many of us Catholics practice this type of Cafeteria Catholicism? I would guess, most of us. I surmise that many of us pass judgement on the teachings and dogmas of the Church without fully understanding them. This is irresponsible and probably exudes the vice of pride, it certainly doesn’t exude humility.
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Separate Yourself
Separate Yourself
By Nathan James Rawlins
Our lives are filled with confusion. Our technology and our material possessions only contribute to this confusion. These cell phones and computers, they keep us from each other. Despite the claims of Facebook and the other Social Media Trends, this technology has not served to bring us closer together.
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