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The life of the “stay-at-home mom” is under constant scrutiny. Her personal choice to not take a full-time job outside the home, focusing her energies and talents on raising her children and keeping her house instead, seems antithetical to the world’s definition of success. As a result, the world provides all manner of explanations for
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I’ve officially lived in Angers, France, for over a month now, and I’m beginning to take the beauty of Europe for granted. For example, I walk past a church built in the Middle Ages on my way to work every morning; the houses have tiled roofs and are built from the same, quaint, whitish stone;
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Much of a child’s education happens outside the classroom and begins long before he first sits down at a desk. Like a plant, a toddler draws nutrients from his surroundings, the “soil” of the home environment, almost as soon as he can recognize mom’s face. This soil forms the basis of the child’s future formalized
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“[F]orgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” Millions of Christians make that request all the time while praying the Lord’s Prayer. That “as” is the tricky part, as it could be taken to mean that we simply forgive others and ask God to do the same for us, or more
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If you’ve ever seen a little girl with a toy makeup kit, you’ve likely seen something akin to a cat who got in a fight and lost – badly. The compilation of green eyeshadow on one eye, blue on the other, hot pink blush, and reddish-brown lipstick may look like a patchwork quilt to adults,
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What We Mean When We Talk About God Many people debate the existence of God without clarifying what sort of “God” they mean. If “God” is imagined as a bigger, stronger version of us, then it makes sense to doubt His existence. But if “God” refers to the One whom Thomas Aquinas calls the ipsum esse
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