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Please, No More of the Virtue Signaling Wars
Enough is enough. When I was a kid and was driving my dad crazy, he would say to me, “Amy, you are driving me to the hilt of Gannilt.” It was his way of saying that I’d pushed him to the limits of his sanity. Lol. And now, I say it to my children. Well,…
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Listen Up, Buttercup, We’ll Do Holy Communion By My Rules
Let’s set the scene. Imagine that you have invited over a new friend for dinner. You prepare your house, working to make it welcoming and warm. You fix one of your most special meals. You hope that they find your home inviting. The doorbell rings and there is your new friend. You open the door,…
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Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, Who’s the Vainest Of Us All?
I ain’t gonna lie, vanity is something I struggle with–mightily. Lest we think that vanity only has to do with looks, let’s look at the definition. Vanity: Excessive pride in one’s appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc. For this blog, though, I’m going to focus on the looks aspect. Lest we think this is only something that women struggle with, let us think again.…
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A Story of a Drifting Life, Hard Truths, and a Friend Who Cared Enough to Ask, "What Are You Doing With Your Life?"
Recently, during our family Bible study, we were working through a Matthew Kelly workbook from Dynamic Catholic. Â We were watching a video and Matthew Kelly was talking about the impact it can have when someone says to you, “What are you doing?” Â Those times in our life when we are doing something bad for us…
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An Advent Tradition: Presents for Christ
So last year for Advent, I read about a neat idea to help the family focus more on Jesus during the Christmas season. Â Each person in your family gets a strip of paper and each day you write down a good deed you did for your fellow man. Â At the end of the day, the…