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Dear Pornography, I met you at a young age. As memory serves, I was around the age of seven the first time I was shown a pornographic magazine. Little did I know that it would be the beginnings of the longest relationship I have ever known, outside of that with…
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Try to name three recent movies that did not have a romance story in the plot. Could you do it? I couldn’t. The media feeds us the lie that we need a man to complete us. During seasons of isolation, watching rom coms do not help with our loneliness and…
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Expecting honesty from our kids about their exposure to pornography is a tall order when we’re asking them to divulge information that would be painful or embarrassing to admit to a parent. But to help our kids know how to combat the allure of pornography, we need to know what…
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Whose side am I going to take? The defeated husband who feels like his unresponsive wife is hanging him out to dry with his temptation or the betrayed wife who feels like she’s being blamed for her husband’s sinful choices? The single person who “knows” sexual temptation will be less…
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Being an ally isn’t easy. We sign up to be allies because we want to support our friend in their battle with porn. They trusted us enough to reach out for help, after all, and we want to make sure we aren’t letting them down. Still, as much as we…
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Imagine what you could accomplish with a system in place for establishing goals, monitoring them, and helping you make adjustments along the way. Accountability offers this—and much more. Accountability isn’t a “fun” word. We often hear it in a negative context. And it’s counter-intuitive for us to seek accountability. However,…
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Addressing hard topics is key to fruitful diocesan and parish ministry. After the Gospel reading, I sat down in my pew and asked the Holy Spirit to open me up to what the priest was about to preach. He prayed a vulnerable prayer before he started his homily, asking God…
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At Covenant Eyes, we look to James 5:16 as one of the key biblical passages about accountability. Here it is: “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed.” But what does this verse tell us about accountability? If we look…
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When I was a teen, the thought of telling my parents about my sexual struggles absolutely terrified me. I knew I needed help, but for some reason they were the last ones I wanted to be honest with. It took me several months of praying and wrestling in my heart…
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For many young people, “accountability” might sound like a code word for “my parents are spying on me.” But recently I heard from three students who expressed a very different perspective. Three of this year’s scholarship applicants relate their experiences growing up with accountability in the home, and the important…
