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Breaking the Girl, Part Two: The Hype of “Fifty Shades of Grey” and Why Slavery Isn’t Love

Published July 28, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Events, Family, Social Media and Tech, Young Adult

Let me start off by admitting that when I was in college I was addicted to romance novels. I would binge-read stacks of them in bed while eating my way through a roll of cookie dough. Healthy, right? It started out as a means of escape from my seemingly soul-crushing breakup with my boyfriend of… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published July 28, 2014

Honeymoon & Newlywed Myths, Realized

Published June 9, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

As a girl, and probably right up until I actually said “I do”, I assumed my honeymoon would be glamorous: all smiles and laughter, as my groom and I danced on the euphoric high of our perfectly magical nuptials, to the rhythm of tropical waves in the glow of a soft sunset. I mean, there… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published June 9, 2014

How Hormonal Birth Control Screwed Up My Life, and Is Screwing Up Yours, Too

Published March 31, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, World and News, Young Adult

I know what you’re thinking, “Oh, here we go again, another crazy Catholic lady harping on why birth control is evil…” While I may be crazy and Catholic (the two are not mutually exclusive), I’m not here to write about the moral and theological evils of birth control. So, you can chillax, friend. Calm yourself…. [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published March 31, 2014

Another Dating Blog: Change? No, thanks.

Published February 17, 2014 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

“Change is inevitable – except from a vending machine.” –  Robert C. Gallagher I don’t mind change. Well, I don’t mind little changes. For example, I rearrange my bedroom to match my moods. I would change my hair color for the same reason, if I was allowed to have blue/purple/pink/green hair at work. I love… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published February 17, 2014

Attention Singles! Its time to dance!

Published January 30, 2014 • Written by Trenton Henrichson Filed Under: World and News, Young Adult

Ecclesiastes 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time… [Read More]

Written by Trenton Henrichson • Published January 30, 2014

Another Dating Blog: When Love Feels Conditional

Published October 14, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: ACNM, Blog, Family, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

Hello my dear blog-readers. This week’s blog is going to take a step away from the educational, and towards the personal. That’s right, my following blog posts are going to be dating blogs. Hooray! C’mon – you know you’re excited to read about my dating mishaps. I hope you can learn through my missteps, and… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published October 14, 2013

Relationships 101: The #1 Way the Internet is Messing Up Your Love Life

Published September 16, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Marriage and Love, Social Media and Tech, Young Adult

Part Four of “Relationships 101”. See part three here. We left off the last post with the number one way the Internet is messing up your love life. Remember what it was? It has become so pervasive that about 30,000 people use it EVERY SECOND (Daily Infographic, 2013).  It’s a multi-billion dollar  industry that has been around… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published September 16, 2013

Relationships 101: Using the “D” Word

Published July 23, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Marriage and Love, Young Adult

Due to requests to blog about dating, this will be the first of a series addressing various issues in dating as a Catholic, Christian, or any other person of the world who wants to date for the purpose it was intended: to find a spouse. Yes, I used the “D” word. Before you get carried… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published July 23, 2013

Chastity: Getting Real with Something No One Likes to Talk About

Published May 31, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Family, Marriage and Love

This blog starts with a definition, followed by a confession: Firstly, I want to define chastity. If you look up the definition of “chastity” in a dictionary, the first few definitions will say something like “abstaining for all sexual intercourse” or “see – chastity belt”. Not exactly the definition I’m going for here. If you… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published May 31, 2013

Getting Over Myself: Battling the Ego in Relationships

Published February 4, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Marriage and Love, Young Adult

You know that moment when you realize that you’re wrong? You’re looking at someone, or maybe you’re by yourself in the car or at work, and it hits you: you messed up. You made a mistake. You did or didn’t do something, and as a consequence, you’ve hurt someone else. As the reality hits you,… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published February 4, 2013

The Pro’s and Con of Dating A Catholic Man

Published January 24, 2013 • Written by Britt Echtenkamp Filed Under: Blog, Faith, Young Adult

Dating in the secular world is interesting, to put it mildly. It also happens to be confusing, messy, disordered and sometimes scary. I say this because I’ve done it. Because I’ve done it, I have had all too much practice having awkward conversations about why I go to mass as much as possible, why I… [Read More]

Written by Britt Echtenkamp • Published January 24, 2013

Unsolicited Advice on Kissing

Published August 25, 2012 • Written by David Casper Filed Under: Young Adult, Youth

There’s something to be said for a good kiss. That said, what is to be said cannot be said because it loses something in the saying. So say what you will, but to say that you can say all that needs to be said about a good kiss is to say that you can say… [Read More]

Written by David Casper • Published August 25, 2012

Basic Biology for the Dating Catholic

Published July 19, 2012 • Written by David Casper Filed Under: Young Adult, Youth

So you’re Catholic? Good. And so is SHE? Well, well, well. Even better. You know the “she” of whom I speak. Your heart’s beating a little faster just thinking about her. Perhaps your palms are sweating and you need to wipe down your keyboard with a Wet-Nap. But where do you start? How do you… [Read More]

Written by David Casper • Published July 19, 2012

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