Do you feel set up for failure by the stringent fasting regulations of the Church? Do you feel like prayer rules or “putting your time in” at church is just false piety? Have you ever noticed an inconsistency between the
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How Church Makes Us Sin
When the Going Gets Tough
When the going gets tough, you don’t just give up, do you? When challenges and obstacles block the road, do you forgo your dreams? And, when things don’t turn out as you imagined, do you resign from ever doing anything
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Learning to Swim I learned to swim at an early age. I remember, before I started taking official lessons, my father taught me the basics of swimming. He would hold me on my back and teach me to float. In
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In today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus say, “All things are possible for the one who has faith.” We like to believe that this means that if we put enough mental effort into something, or if we believe something hard or
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When couples struggle with fertility, one option for them to expand their family is adoption. It’s a great joy when there’s a new member of the family! Often there are celebrations, parties, and, perhaps, once upon a time, the fathers
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