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November 2015

November 08, 2015

You’re in Love? “Living Together” Is Not God’s Plan for You

But everyone's doing it! Indeed, to look around at contemporary society, it does seem that...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

What Is Love? Marketing Agency Tries to Find Out…

Love is patient, love is kind. God is love, so by inference, love is God....

February 2015

February 14, 2015

Powerball Winner: “First I’m Going to Pay My Tithes…”

"First I'm going to pay my tithes, because I wouldn't have none of it if...

February 01, 2015

Kudos to Pampers for This Heartwarming New Commercial

From the first scan to the first cuddle, every first is significant no matter...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

Today is “Divorce Day”? No, Please–Keep Trying!

I was driving in the car when I heard this from a newscaster: Today, January...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

No Surprise Here! Vatican Conference Ends With Affirmation of Marriage

The Vatican's three-day colloquium on The Complementarity of Man and Woman in Marriage has ended...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

For the International Day of Older Persons: My Reflection on Growing Older

I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I’ve led a...

September 21, 2014

Fame, Fortune, Faith, Folly, Forgiveness: “The Song” Has All That

"I have seen all things done under the sun; all of them are meaningless." --Ecclesiastes...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

….And Jesus Wept

Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at...

July 2014

July 08, 2014

Special Heart: Fox News’ Bret Baier Shares His Deepest Fear, His Deepest Love

On his second day of life, Paul Francis Baier was diagnosed with pediatric heart disease....

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Jill Duggar Meets Her Fiance For the First Time: A Peek Into the World of Online Dating

Perhaps you saw the news a couple of weeks ago that Jill Duggar, from the...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Mom, You’re the Best! A Loving Tribute

She's always been there for you. She's been the encourager-in-chief, coaxing you to try,...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Sigrid Undset’s First Novel “Marta Oulie”–Translated Into English for the First Time!

For the first time Marta Oulie, the first published novel by acclaimed Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset,...

March 15, 2014

Moms of Down Syndrome Babies: Be Not Afraid

Imagine you're expecting a baby, and you've just learned that your child will have Down...

March 06, 2014

Love in the Ruins: Couple Ties the Knot in Abandoned Catholic Church

A shuttered Catholic Church has had one more chance to nurture young love, as a...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Mocking Marriage: The Valentine’s Divorce Contest and the TV Marriage Extravaganza

Walter H. Bentley III, a Southfield, Michigan divorce attorney, is again this year conducting his...

February 11, 2014

‘Cause You Can’t Eat Flowers: Relationship Advice from Older Irish Couples

Just in time for Valentine's Day: Long-married Irish couples explain why they're still in love...

February 08, 2014

Together Again: Widower Who Sat by Wife’s Grave for 20 Years Has Now Died

Julita Abalsamo had been married 55 years when she died in 1993 of complications following...

February 07, 2014

You Were a Pea, Then a Lemon….

Boba, a manufacturer of baby slings, has released a new ad for 2014 titled "You...

January 2014

January 14, 2014

A Proposal With Pixie Dust

When you're in love, your heart takes flight.... It's almost as though you were touched...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

“Be Submissive?” Spanish Feminists Must Really Hate Today’s Second Scripture Reading

Get Married and Be Submissive. That’s the advice coming from a best-selling new book by...

November 2013

November 23, 2013

John Paul I, the “September Pope”, Speaks on Love

Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church for only one month: from...

November 20, 2013

What Do Stay-at-Home Mothers DO All Day?

Every mother is a working mother. It's just that some mothers go out into the...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Pearl S. Buck and the Importance of a Father’s Love

Happy Birthday, Pearl Buck! Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer born of missionary parents....

June 15, 2013

A Tribute to My Dad, to My Husband, and to Fathers Everywhere

Evangelist Billy Graham once said of fathers, "A good father is one of the most...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

A Life Story, a Love Story in 85 Seconds

Getty Images, the world’s leading stock photo agency, offers more than 80 million still images...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

God Never Puts Two Spoons Together

They say that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who always...

February 2013

February 14, 2013

This Is Romance? St. Valentine’s Story

He was a priest in Rome. No, he was a bishop in Interamna (now the...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

YOUR FAMILY MISSION STATEMENT—IN A WORD

“God is Love,” John tells us (1 John 4:8); and by gnawing on Love, by...

December 23, 2012

KISSING THE FACE OF GOD

For a moment I wondered, Is this too sappy? Too wrought with emotion? But no—This...