

Stay Awake! Lasting Love Requires Both Dedication and Protection
In October, we attended the Catholic Family Life Association conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Among the people we met were Joseph and Crystal Gruber, who have a mission called Our Outpost . Joseph and Crystal offer workshops and courses to married couples. One of these is an online course entitled Gallant & Godly, a five week course on husband formation. "So many men are shocked when I tell them that they need to date their wives," Joseph told us. Husbands need to be vigi
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Dangerous Voices: Why "Saving Ourselves" Can Cost Us Everything
In this Sunday's Gospel , we encounter one of the most paradoxical scenes in human history. Jesus hangs on the cross while voices cry out from the crowd: "He saved others; let him save himself" (Luke 23:35). Religious leaders mock him: "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself" (Luke 23:37). Even one of the criminals crucified beside him sneers, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us" (Luke 23:39). These voices, so confident in their worldly wisdom, couldn't hav
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Building on the Rock: When Life's Storms Test Your Marriage
"All that you see here—the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down." - Luke 21:6 Over the years, Dawna has sat across from countless couples who came to see a marriage counselor because the certainties of their lives suddenly collapsed. Sometimes it happens suddenly—a devastating diagnosis, a pink slip, a phone call in the middle of the night that changes everything. Other times it's gradual—a business that slowly fai
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