Hi Michele, I am suffering from the pain of deception from my previous marriage. After two years, I came home and he was gone, all of his belongings removed. All the time we were together he professed love to me. So I was shocked and very hurt. He continued to contact me and forced my […]
Month: February 2017
Dateworthy: LION
LION: YES! This powerful true story about a 5 year old boy in India who winds up lost on the other side of his homeland and finds a new life when he’s adopted by a successful white couple before engaging in an amazing search for his birth family 20 years later is one of this […]
Are Catholic Ministries Helping Singles Date Better?
Recently, I sat at a table with several young adults who had gone to a local young adult ministry event advertised as a “dating talk”. I asked what the talk was about. “What to do before getting married,” was the reply. “Cool! What am I supposed to do?” I asked. “You shouldn’t live with the […]
Dating & Politics
You turn the news on today and front line you hear about politics. And politics. And more politics. The only thing you really have to notice though is how this is affecting your relationships because Presidents come and go but “the one” lasts for ever, or so they tell us. Political ideas can really mess […]
DATEWORTHY? “THE SPACE BETWEEN US”
DATEWORTHY? MOSTLY. This teen sci-fi romance features sweet lead performances in an original concept – what would happen if a teenage human boy living on a NASA project on Mars met an earthbound girl and fell in love? – but a few plot holes require gravity-defying suspension of disbelief. Definitely romantic, though. Long-distance relationships add […]
How Do You Express Your Love On Valentine’s Day?
Past HOMILY of Father Jim Chern. So it will soon be Valentine’s Day. It’s been hard not to notice. The day after Christmas, the CVS store had already cleared out the Christmas decorations and had boxes and boxes of cards, candy, Stuffed Animals (including my personal favorite, Snoopy) with “I love you” stitched on it. […]