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WWJD
WWJD
By Al Vargo
Some thoughts for my Christian friends: A common war cry among liberal 'christians' over the past few years has been: WWJD (What would Jesus do?). It's attempt to make people forget Christ's teachings by focusing on His loving nature, to make the secular notion of 'anything goes' seem OK. Since God is love, and Jesus is forgiving, then it doesn't matter how people live their lives,
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Family, Food, Fun and Love
Family, Food, Fun and Love
By Sharla Ynostrosa
Hello out there! I hope everyone had a great weekend, ours was action packed! On Saturday, all of our children and grandchildren were with us. Since all three of our children are married, we are doubly blessed and now have six children, and eight grandchildren, when you add my husband and me, that adds up to a bunch!
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Our Faith, Our Parish, Our Family
Our Faith, Our Parish, Our Family
By Sharla Ynostrosa
My husband and I will be married 31 years next week! I think about all the things that have changed during our marriage: different jobs, different homes, all the different stages of our children's lives, and now we have 8 amazing grandchildren, all Gifts from God! So many blessings, so much love, and I am so thankful!
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Small Town Welcome for Adopted Baby Girl
Small Town Welcome for Adopted Baby Girl
By Sharla Ynostrosa
I've always loved the stories about my adoption. When I was a little girl, my dad would tell me how they got the call sooner than they expected, and how they had to stop and buy diapers, bottles and clothes on the way to get me from the hospital. My mom, dad, big brother and my grandmother all drove from Stephenville, TX where my grandparents lived, to Ft. Worth, TX to pick me up!
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A Catholic Love Story Embraced by God
A Catholic Love Story Embraced by God
By Larry Peterson
This is about a love story and, I have no doubt whatsoever, God has been involved. Why I was allowed to be a small part of this story is beyond me. But I was, and I thank HIM for it. Anyway, please allow me to share my experience(s) of the past several months. I was witness to the love shared between Ed and Cathy, husband and wife, both dying from cancer, together, holding hands,
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On the Street
On the Street
By Christopher Brown
The two most frequent questions I am greeted with when I share with people that I am Catholic are: “So you’re against Gay people right?”... "Well no," I reply, "I love all people, just hate the sin." The next is ”so I’m supposed to stay in a marriage where I am unhappy?" After a little more questioning, I find out that their assumption was based on their perception of the Catholic view
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Celibacy and the Single Mom
Celibacy and the Single Mom
By Elizabeth Conner
This is a really hard post for me to start, because I don't know where to begin. How can I write about celibacy? I mean I am...celibate...although, it is hard. Maybe that is exactly why God wants me to write this, as a reminder to myself why this is so important.
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A Breath of Fresh Air (A Review of "The Identical")
A Breath of Fresh Air (A Review of "The Identical")
By Karl Erickson
It’s hard to find good family movies these days when gratuitous sex and violence are the norm, and family appropriate entertainment is often of inferior quality. When I discover a family friendly and artfully done movie, I want to share the news with the world. That’s why I was so excited to enjoy an advanced screening of City of Peace’s new motion picture, The Identical.
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Closer than a Brother
Closer than a Brother
By Karl Erickson
Although Sunday, November 16th, 2008, failed to dawn clear and sunny in western Oregon, there was still hope and excitement hanging in the air at the Erickson household. Our son’s birthday party was planned for the afternoon, and everyone had been scurrying around that morning to get the house ready for the young guests. Except for the party preparations, all was a fairly typical Sunday morning
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Evangelization at the Movies
Evangelization at the Movies
By Mike Allen
I’m not typically weepy, but one particular movie always makes me cry. Okay, I’m putting it mildly; it turns me into a blubbering mess. Even walking through the family room, catching a few seconds of it on television can produce a quick lump in my throat. The movie in question? Because of Winn Dixie, a 2005 film based on the novel of the same name, featuring a stray dog found in the grocery
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Marriage and the Spirituality of Struggle
Marriage and the Spirituality of Struggle
By Mike Allen
m a Family Life director, not a marriage counselor, but because I sometimes write about the spirituality of marriage in our diocesan newspaper, some people view me that way. It sounds like a parody of a commercial: “Are you a trained counselor?” “No, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night.” Mindful of my limits, then, I agreed to meet once or twice with a troubled young couple
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Popsicle Kisses in a Weary World
Popsicle Kisses in a Weary World
By Mike Allen
As I struggle with writer’s block, my three-year old ambles into the room, half-eaten popsicle in her hand, scales my recliner and plants her cold, cherry-flavored lips on mine. Tired as I am, it’s a pleasant surprise from a little girl who is often fickle with her affection, and a reminder of the power present in a gentle gesture.
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Why Jesus Didn't Talk about Same-sex Marriage
Why Jesus Didn't Talk about Same-sex Marriage
By Mike Allen
In the ongoing debates about marriage, some Christians (Catholics included) contend that since “Jesus said nothing in the gospels about homosexuality, he wasn’t concerned about it.” In logical terms, this is a non-sequitur, i.e. a conclusion that does not follow from the premise.
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Camping Misery and Cherished Memories
Camping Misery and Cherished Memories
By Mike Allen
One thing I appreciate about my kids is that when it comes to family vacations, they’re pretty easy to please. While they’re aware that some families are taking summer trips to Disney World, touring Europe, or enjoying Caribbean cruises, they’re usually content to pitch the family tent near a lake at a state park campground here in Kentucky.
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The Holy Trinity: the Mirror of Traditional Marriage
The Holy Trinity: the Mirror of Traditional Marriage
By Larry Peterson
he deepest and most profound mystery of our faith is that of the Blessed Trinity. This states that there is only ONE God consisting of three separate persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Simply put, there are Three individual Persons in ONE God. This is a mystery that cannot be understood. We believe it because of a gift instilled in us at Baptism. This gift is called faith.
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The Connection Illusion
The Connection Illusion
By Karl Erickson
I'm not the first to reveal the irony of social media (and electronics in general) in regards to family life. That is, something created supposedly to help bring us all together seems to do a much better job keeping us apart, isolated in our own little spaces with our eyes fixated on the flickering screen. While we may know much more about our long lost friend Fred from Weiser, Idaho, the tradeo
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