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To All My Fellow Catholics. Yes, Even You Lukewarm Ones.
This has been a year, hasn’t it? If we’ve learned anything from the past few months, it’s that the ground is crumbling out from under our feet. One tragedy after another seems to be hitting and it’s now become the joke to say that the end of the world is upon us. But, whenever it’s…
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“If You Truly Love Me, You’ll Condone My Sin. Nay, You’ll Even Join Me In It.”
During my junior year of college, a few of my girlfriends and I decided to make the trip to Padre Island for Spring Break. We were so excited to go and it was a topic of conversation weeks before we left. Around Spring Break that year, I also had entered into a pretty serious relationship…
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But What If I Enjoy My Sin and Just Want You To Shut Up About It?
When I was sixteen, I had a no-good-dirty-rotten boyfriend. True story. My mother could tell that he was a no-good-dirty-rotten boyfriend. After we broke up the first time, she stepped in and told me that I wasn’t to see him anymore. He was bad for me. He didn’t respect me. She didn’t like the way…
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The Seven Deadly Sins–Part 1: Green With Envy
For the next seven weeks, I’m going to be running a series on the seven capital sins or, more popularly known as the seven deadly sins. I listen to a podcast called “Pints with Aquinas” by Matt Fradd and, last week, he ran a two-part series where he went over the seven capital sins. He used…
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Q&A: Aren’t Christians Hypocrites Because They Eat Shrimp and Pork?
Question: How can Christians pretend to tell people that they have to follow the teachings of the Bible when I see Christians eating pork and shrimp? The Bible says those things are wrong, so why not follow ALL the rules of the Bible? Seems to me you are picking and choosing. I hear this…
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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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When You Don’t Forgive A Friend, Pride Takes Their Place
In middle school and part of high school, I had my best buddy. Â We pretty much did everything together. Â Even cooler was that we had names that rhymed. (Dork alert!) Â We swapped sleeping over at each other’s house, shared clothes, watched movies together while eating ice cream, cruised around in our cars once we got…
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Dropping the Chains That Bind Us
You know something I like to do frequently? Â I like to think I’m pretty awesome. Â In my defense, I do it mostly subconsciously. Â Okay, maybe not mostly subconsciously. Â Alright, alright, not at all. Â I know full well that I consciously think that I am better than “that person over there.” Â That darn humility train is…