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5 Ways to Survive Awkward Thanksgiving Moments

Published November 24, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Faith, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

Let’s face it: not all of us have the 60’s-TV-sitcom-family experience during the holidays. Some of us may have small families, large families that never see each other, families that see each other too much, or maybe families that consist of friends and no actual blood relations. And while we may love our families however they… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published November 24, 2014

5 Relationship Myths Debunked

Published September 29, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

Cinderella. Belle. Jasmine. Disney’s version of Rapunzel. Disney’s version of Ariel. All of these love stories have their struggles – what with missing glass slippers, evil sorcerers, solitary confinement and being half-fish – but they all end the same way: happily and without problems. Hundreds of other movies and songs tell us the problems in… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published September 29, 2014

A Response to “Why Nuns Don’t Have Mid-Life Crises”

Published September 2, 2014 • Written by Lindsay Wilcox Filed Under: Faith, Marriage and Love, Reviews, Young Adult, Youth

I probably watch more YouTube videos than I should, and I probably also think about nuns more than your average YouTube video viewer. I love it when those sides of me unite, though. In my wandering about the Internet, I stumbled across a delightful video from a TEDx talk at Virginia Tech, “Why Nuns Don’t… [Read More]

Written by Lindsay Wilcox • Published September 2, 2014

Four Attitudes of Evangelical Parenthood

Published January 30, 2014 • Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion Filed Under: Column

Parents are called to evangelize their children – to be evangelical parents.  Yet, all too frequently many of us fail to answer the call to share the “Good News” with them because we never preach the Gospel to our children.  We leave that to the priest in the Sunday homily or the religious education teacher… [Read More]

Written by Trey and Stephanie Cashion • Published January 30, 2014

Another Dating Blog: Anatomy of a Stupid Fight, The Finale

Published November 25, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

This is part two, the finale of “Anatomy of a Stupid Fight.” Part one can be seen here. Welcome back for part two, the last piece of the stupid fight. We left off with what appeared to be an easy truce between Danger and I, though there still was a hint that something was still… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published November 25, 2013

Another Dating Blog: Anatomy of a Stupid Fight, Part One

Published November 11, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

Any couple that says they’ve never fought is either A. lying; B. a cyborg; or  C. the more likely issue, doesn’t leave room for differing opinions or feelings in a relationship. I myself tend to fall in the last category, that is, until recently. Despite how miserable it can be, fighting, if resolved well, can… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published November 11, 2013

Relationships 101: 3 Ways The Internet is Messing Up Your Love Life

Published September 2, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, Social Media and Tech, Young Adult

Part three of “Relationship 101” Series. See part two here. According to research done by Kathryn Zickuhr and Aaron Smith of  Pew Internet Research, a whopping 70% of Americans have internet, compared to ten years ago, when only 16% of Americans had home internet. Additionally, in 2013 56% of Americans have smart phones with Internet access, and 46%… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published September 2, 2013

The Call Behind the Silence

Published June 20, 2013 • Written by Matt Sullivan Filed Under: Faith

One unfortunate artifact of the technological mindset of our age is that we are uncomfortable with what we cannot grasp.  Silence makes us uneasy because it makes us aware of a certain emptiness inside ourselves.  So we fill our lives with noise and distractions – television, games, music, frivolous shopping.  Our advances are geared toward… [Read More]

Written by Matt Sullivan • Published June 20, 2013

Vatican II & Social Communication

Published January 31, 2013 • Written by Rachel Filed Under: Faith, Social Media and Tech

So I’ve been studying Vatican II lately (the Second Vatican Council) – not formally or anything, just reading up on it for fun (yes, for fun!). It IS the 50th anniversary of the opening Vat II after all – which is, of course, a fundamental part of the spirit/reason behind the Year of Faith. And… [Read More]

Written by Rachel • Published January 31, 2013

I Want To Speak Now

Published June 11, 2012 • Written by Brandon Kraft Filed Under: Blog, Social Media and Tech

We have things to say. The Gospel of Christ is a powerful message that is transformative and needed to be proclaimed. The message needs to be heard, so that is can work with and in people to help them discover who they are and whose they are. Today’s social and political reality has plenty of people… [Read More]

Written by Brandon Kraft • Published June 11, 2012

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