Hey, ladies, it’s August 26, Equality Day! Woo-hoo! How’s it going so far? In case you are not in the loop, Women’s Equality Day commemorates August 26, 1920 when the right for women to vote became official. But equality has not rained down happiness on women.
Mary was assumed into heaven, body and soul. Yeah right, some non-Catholic Christians say. I once even heard a Catholic with Protestant leanings say, “Mary was just a person, no different than the rest of us.” Oh PLEEZE people! Mary’s assumption only makes sense. If God took Elijah up into heaven in a whirlwind, why…
Call me repressed, but having sex with boys was not on my radar screen at ten years old. After all, they had cooties. Jumping rope and watching cartoons was where it was at for fourth graders during my childhood. According to the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University, that sort of blissful ignorance is…
When we say I do we should also say, I won’t—I won’t use my words to hurt my spouse. Infidelity, addictions, and other major destructive behaviors can inflict mortal wounds on a marriage. But perhaps the greatest source of damage on relationships is the seemingly less harmful ones, particularly the cuts to the heart made…
I recently posted a prolife, anti-contraception tweet that leaked onto the screens of people who insist on separating sex from procreation. One person commented that I was “50 cards short of a full deck” for my tweet that said: “Abortion is backup for contraception. Until we get rid of contraception, we won’t get rid of…
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Those are the iconic words from the 1976 film Network. In an impassioned diatribe, a TV anchor galvanized the nation, convincing his viewers to shout out of their windows “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” I…
Dr. Laura Archuleta Dr. Laura Archuleta struggled with balancing her faith with a medical career until she saw the light. This story is excerpted from the Amazing Grace for Families. There never was a time in my medical career when “the birth control question” did not hang over my head. I often wondered how my Catholic…
By Nellie Edwards, paintedfaith.net What is the one thing that Pope Francis is rarely without? Hint: He always brings it with him and is seen wearing it in the majority of his pictures. Give up? It’s his smile. In most of his pictures, he is smiling. How comforting is that? Pope Francis has the weight…
“Da plane! Da plane!” Tattoo from the television series Fantasy Island would yell, running up the bell tower to ring the bell, thereby announcing the arrival of a new set of guests at the beginning of each episode. On June 13, from our front lawn, my husband Mark announced the…
Giving life to a child touches a parent’s heart and leads to the Divine as reflected in the Beatitudes (Matt 5: 1-5) “Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to Him and He began to teach them, saying:
Dear Atheist, There’s nothing like a good magic show, huh? Harry Houdini, the all-time great illusionist, knew this. David Copperfield is right behind him in the theater of trickery as the highest paid magician in all of history. What you see is not always what you get, right? But what you fail to see with…
Even though my thoughts are like a puff of smoke in the Dust Bowl, I want to suggest that divorce parties are beyond stupid. They reveal shallowness, narcissism, and spiritual darkness. Celebrating divorce, or “uncoupling,” is the latest trend in parties. Divorce parties are also big business for party planners…