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‘The dignity of every woman is the responsibility of every man.’ St. John Paul 11, Theology of the Body The test of my love lies in...

Pete Buttigieg is an impressive guy. This former presidential candidate (and potential running mate) gave us the best sound bites of the...

‘Encourage one another daily…so that no-one may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We share in Christ if we hold firmly to the...

‘This aspiration—born of love—is a search for integral beauty, for purity free from stain. It is a search for perfection that contains a...

At the Courage conference last week in Chicago, Annette and I had the privilege to testify on the glorious challenge of forging a...

I am just winding up a month off in which I spent a lot of time with the one I love most—me! Ouch. Truth hurts. Gratefully my native...

Marriage is messy business. So much so that Jesus allowed Himself to get messed up for us. He shed blood to reveal our starting point as...

Love has a name. I discovered its meaning only when I chose to offer myself 35-years-ago to this person named Annette. What I thought I...

Francis’ long awaited report on marriage and family is good news, a hearty hug of a document that encompasses the best of what marital...

Last week I discovered some unexpected momentum for our prayer/fasting time. While wondering how I might keep a prayerful focus amid our...

‘I believe, help my unbelief!’ (Mark 9: 24) A malaise broods over the earth today, scrambling moral reality to the degree that even good...

‘When He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you into all truth.’ (John 16: 13) Yet Jesus trusts us with His truth; His ascent to...

‘Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your righteousness shone like the dawn, the justice of your...

True marriage bears witness to all people, including to persons with same-sex attraction, of something deeper and more beautiful than two...

Gender difference is at the center of such wholeness. Becoming a whole sexual gift to another depends on that difference. Theologian John...

‘In order for God’s image to shine radiantly in him, man must first receive the purification whereby the divine Sculptor frees him from...

‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ (Matt. 6: 21) A few years ago, my teenage son told me that the largest...

‘You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.’  – (IS 58: 11b) One sees this clearly in a good...

Maybe I fought because I believe that marriage belongs to God. He ordained it as the relationship that civilizes our sexuality, makes it...

‘For Zion’s sake, I shall not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not remain quiet, until her righteousness shines forth like the...