OSV Daily Take: ‘New Feminism’ vs. old feminism
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The 12-year-old daughter of a Catholic friend of mine recently joined Facebook and “friended” me. I was stunned when, over the course of the first few hours of our “friendship,” I watched as she posted a series of provocative photos that, to my mind at least, demonstrated a girl far more “worldly” than her years. Later that night, she began posting her favorite designers and her top five TV shows, which included the likes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Now, I had …

The Value of Vows
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I have been thoroughly enjoying Fr. Longenecker’s blog – “Standing on My Head”. He has a beautiful way of sharing the truth in a convicting and inspiring manner. His latest post which you can read by clicking the link above was beautiful and inspiring. It also happened to be closely related to a topic I’ve been praying about writing on. For now I’ll let you enjoy Fr. Longenecker’s words. Click the link above and read “The Value of Vows” – read the comments too.
In Christ,
Chris …

Another great commercial spot in the “Life Imagine the Potential” series that gained a lot of attention during the election with their first spot that featured Barack Obama. Great work Catholicvote.org and Grassroots films.
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Chris Faddis is a Catholic youth minister, speaker, and writer. He lives in Winston-Salem, NC with his wife and daughter.
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YOU CAN READ MY FOLLOW UP ARTICLE WITH THE FULL DETAILS OF THE WHOLE WEST STORY BY CLICKING THIS LINK.
Christopher West was on ABC’s Nightline on Thursday night in a feature about the Theology of the Body. Other than a few misquotes and misinterpretations the story was fairly well done and hopefully will open the door to allow others to peak in and see what this is all about.
I have long believed that the Theology of the Body is a avenue for evangelization. It’s teachings are not merely about …

My wife and I live on a very meager budget. I’m a youth minister and she stays at home with our daughter. We know that she could work and we would have a lot more to go around – but we feel strongly that this is the life God is calling us to and that this is the type of lifestyle we want for our children. That being said – we live with less than most people and are fine living that way. Still, even living simply there isn’t much …

Athanasius and the Incarnation
“You can keep it all. Give me full, red blooded Catholicism. Give me the incarnation–Athanasius’ incarnation, and let me be transformed right down to the very deep and dark and dirty parts of me…”
Fr. Dwight Longenecker is fast becoming one of my favorite bloggers. The depth of his words pierce through the shallow layers of my “spirituality” and open the doors to the darkest parts of my heart.Here Fr. Longenecker gives a great reflection on the Incarnation and parallels today’s pop-spirituality with the heretical claims against Christ’s …

Ok I have to give credit to www.toddislove.com for finding this first. I could have just put up a link back to his site but I just had to have this on my blog. So be sure to visit him after you’re done watching here and checking out the rest of my blog .

Chris Faddis is a Catholic youth minister, speaker, and writer. He lives in Winston-Salem, NC with his wife and daughter.
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This is Part Five in my series on Trust – please read the rest of the posts here:
Part One – “Waking Up to our Need for God”
Part Two – “Lean Into God”
Part Three – “It is Well”
Part Four – “Understanding God’s Plan”
I Only Have Good in Mind for You
If there is any obstacle to our trust in God that is universal it is that we struggle with trusting in His love for us. For some this struggle comes from their own insecurities, for others this struggle comes from their life …

Originally Posted on April 2nd, 2009 – Reposting as it is May 1st and #1stFriday again!
To My Brother’s and Sisters in Christ,
I was thinking today of how we Catholics on Twitter need to unite in prayer for one another and be available for prayer for others. What a difference we could make by interceding for one another on a regular basis. As a start I propose that we take advantage of 1st Friday observances. Many of us attend Adoration, a special Mass, Rosary group, and other observances of 1st Friday …