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May 21st, 2007
What makes a date? What makes it great?
According to our recent BustedHalo survey, respondents said they went on their first date, on average, at age 16. But what if you're in your college years and ...
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May 15th, 2007
A review of One Perfect Day:
The Selling of the American Wedding
Planning an expensive and elaborate wedding has become part of the modern quest for happiness, and an ever-growing battalion of wedding professions is to blame for our misguided ...
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May 7th, 2007
Do you lie about what you do on a first date?
Nina, a 27-year-old anesthesiology resident in New York City, met a man at a bar recently. After some flirtatious small-talk, he asked her what she did for work. ...
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April 26th, 2007
Seeing Planet Earth for the first time
The ocean was placid and calm as a group of ten of us held our breath for what was about to come. Suddenly, with awe-inspiring grace and fury, the surface ...
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April 23rd, 2007
A Catholic engaged
encounter weekend
If I could offer one piece of advice to a Catholic couple preparing for marriage it would be this: Sign up for a Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend ...
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April 20th, 2007
The Sopranos, it's All in the "Family"
Earlier this week, the Paulist Fathers —you know, the people who run this fine website—were the beneficiaries one of the more unusual product placements in recent memory when ...
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April 18th, 2007
our readers and listeners respond
When faced with a horrible tragedy like the one that occured at Virginia Tech, we are immediately tempted to want to analyze and search for answers ...
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April 16th, 2007
A short course in Grey’s Anatomy
What is it about Grey's Anatomy that transformed it from a sleeper, mid-season replacement show into a primetime phenomenon? Of course some will point to the well-written scripts or ...
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April 10th, 2007
Kiss and Run: An interview with the author of a new book on commitment-phobic women
We've all heard about men who are "afraid of commitment." Self-help books warn women away from these men, saying that these guys will break a girl's heart. But ...
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April 2nd, 2007
Was Jesus blindsided?
I envy those people who say that Jesus is their best friend.
I've never been able to understand how ...
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March 26th, 2007
It's not just another four letter word
Five weeks ago I slipped and fell on the ice on my way home from the gym, fracturing my arm bone straight across the top, right at the shoulder. Your shoulder is connected to your ...
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March 14th, 2007
Robert Siegel's All Will Be Revealed
Robert Anthony Siegel's new novel All Will Be Revealed combines an engrossing plot with intricately drawn characters and a rich historical setting to create a book ...
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February 20th, 2007
The spiritual death of Anna Nicole Smith
"Like My Body?" she slurs, lacing her fingers up her voluptuous figure and then throwing them up in the air. Introducing Kanye West at the 2004 American Music ...
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February 14th, 2007
Cupid takes aim for later marriage
When I was 16, I memorized the sheet music to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and gave my crush a Valentine's Day concert. At 23, I baked ...
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February 12th, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day! Is Love Dead?
You can feel it in the air—the mad rush on Tiffany's, restaurants booked-up for prix fixe dinners, store shelves cleared of teddy bears, chocolate and flowers. (And if you're ...
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February 5th, 2007
When the one you love doesn't feel the same
It's the subject of great literature from Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. It's the emotions behind ballads from the Eagles to Coldplay. Unrequited love is a love that isn't reciprocated—and it's something that most ...
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January 29th, 2007
...leaving the road less traveled behind
March 18, 2007, a day I'll fondly remember for the rest of my life. I will be marrying a woman I'm madly in love with, and she will ...
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January 23rd, 2007
Meditations for Finding Peace by Nicole Sotelo
"Your faith has made you well," Jesus says to a woman who seeks out his healing presence. "Go in peace, and be healed…" (Mark 5:34). Many people who ...
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January 22nd, 2007
What women and men look for in a spouse has changed drastically in the last 60 years
Since the 1930s, researchers have been asking men and women what they want in a spouse. And my, how times have changed. Here's a round-up of national preferences. Where do you stand?
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January 8th, 2007
10 New Years Tips for Meeting
that Special Someone in 2007
You've made your New Year's Resolution list. Perhaps you've resolved to go to the gym more often or to call your parents and grandparents regularly. Maybe you've decided this is the year that you are ...
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