Spirituality
Searching for Love
Our world is filled with a lot of hatred. One must only turn on talk radio or the nine o’clock news to see this. For
Fr. Edward Lee Looney
March 30, AD 2014
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Columnists
In Defense of “Marriage is Work”
Simcha Fisher responded to my article. Simcha Fisher. I was thrilled to hear that I’d gotten the attention of Mrs. Fisher and that she had
Emma King
March 22, AD 2014
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Columnists
My Desire for Marriage
As I approach ordination to the Diaconate after 12 years in the seminary it’s easy to think about the many “what ifs” in my life.
Matthew Heinrich
March 16, AD 2014
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Life
Not A Game of Chance: What Marriage is Really All About
…the love my fiancé and I share is not human, it is divine. We love each other because we love God and we have discovered that in loving one another, we get to love God more fully…
Emma King
March 12, AD 2014
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Life
Ten Things You Need to Be Reminded Of
We live in a modern world. We are often blinded by distractions and every now and then we need to be reminded of things that
Chelsea Houghton
February 28, AD 2014
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Relationships
True Love Exists Only in Movies and TV Shows
I was on a university break in Summer of 2011, catching up with some friends over dinner. It wasn’t long before our conversation turned to
Kachi Ngai
January 18, AD 2014
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Why I Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin
I recently read an article on Huffington Post entitled “Why I Can’t Say ‘Love the Sinner/Hate the Sin’ Anymore.” The author, Micah Murray, is obviously a very
Emma King
January 3, AD 2014
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Missions
Why I Don’t See the New Evangelization Coming to Much Anytime Soon
Flecte quod est rigidum. I write inspirational quotes on the dry-erase board in the servers’ sacristy at my parish in illuminated calligraphy whenever I have
Sean Connolly
December 25, AD 2013
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Dating
Denied the City
But when sex is divorced from love there is a feeling that one has been stopped at the vestibule of the castle of pleasure; that
Amanda Sloan
November 4, AD 2013
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The Walking Dead
As Halloween approaches, I hear people commenting on their costumes, debating the perfect way to capture a vampire, make a ghost, or exemplify a
Emma King
October 25, AD 2013
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Columnists
A Singular Vocation
When my fiancé and I were still just dating, we approached our priest and spiritual director and asked him how we might discern if we
Emma King
October 23, AD 2013
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Columnists
Can A Woman Pursue A Man?
My short answer to this question is yes: I absolutely think it’s possible for a woman to pursue a man, in a real, genuine way
Stephanie Calis
September 23, AD 2013
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Religion
Whom Would Kindness Kill More: Them or You?
“Today I told off a cashier who was trashing the president” read the Daily Kos headline. Color me intrigued; I clicked on it. I read it.
J.R. Baldwin
September 20, AD 2013
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Dating
Just Don’t Say It: Chewed Gum, Spit Cups, and Duct Tape
You are not the chewed up gum that is stuck to the sidewalk and trampled on. You are not the spit water in the cup
Amanda Sloan
September 9, AD 2013
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Single Life
Not Alone: Envy and Singlehood
Just in case you haven’t seen it, there is a wonderful series going on in the blogosphere called the “Not Alone Series”. The writers are
Amanda Sloan
August 12, AD 2013
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Columnists
Regret
“Live as though dying daily.” -St. Antony of Egypt, as recorded by St. Athanasius We have almost no viable perspective from which to evaluate our
Sean Connolly
August 7, AD 2013
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Columnists
Finding Time for Radical Charity
To my right, I held my younger sister’s hand. She held my dad’s, as he lay in his hospice bed. As he was taking his
Lauren Meyers
July 28, AD 2013
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Columnists
Not Alone: “Just Friends?”
The dreaded phrase, “I think it would be better if we were just friends“, has been feared by teenagers for decades. The fear that, after
Abigail C. Reimel
July 26, AD 2013
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Columnists
Pro-Life Compassion
In the 2011 film Friends With Kids, two platonic friends decide to have a child together without the entanglements of marriage (which they saw as
J.R. Baldwin
July 26, AD 2013
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Columnists
I Love You: An Idiot’s Apology to Any Skeptic
I love you. Regardless of your viewpoints, actions, successes, failures, rants, and sexuality. I love you in spite of anything and everything you could do
Nic Davidson
July 12, AD 2013
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Columnists
They Will Know Us By Our Latin – er, Our Love
Let’s get two things out there: I am a terrible lover, and I’m not known for being an extraordinarily loving either. A terrible lover –
Ryan Eggenberger
July 9, AD 2013
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