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Thirst: What Are You Thirsting For?

Many people thirst for meaning in life. Do you strive for popularity and acceptance? Are you longing to belong? We're often reminded of what we lack when we search for our self-worth in others. A thirst for love and intimacy is often behind that search. Trying to satisfy our thirst can be difficult. Striving for perfection in relationships can be...

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Fly Away
Fly Away

Watch the Fly Away Prequel for a greater understanding of "Fly Away". What do angels have to do with love? Why do love songs so often deal with flying, wings, leaping up towards the sky? Unlike other emotions, which are merely horizontal, love could be considered vertical: It reaches up as well as out. Although we can find contentment in horizontal...

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Anne Rice: “I quit being a Christian”
Anne Rice: "I quit being a Christian"

Has popular novelist Anne Rice abandoned her faith? CNN's religion blog presents the following summary of Anne Rice's recent Facebook posts regarding her faith: Legendary author Anne Rice has announced that she’s quitting Christianity. The “Interview with a Vampire” author, who wrote a book about her spirituality titled "Called Out of Darkness:...

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Love Calls God to You
Love Calls God to You

Do you crave intimacy? Has love betrayed you? Often, our lives begin with a need for love, and our life stories consist of searching for it. Regardless of what you've been through, no matter how far you've wandered away from God (or how often you've shrugged with indifference), love moves God to you. And there's nothing this world needs more than...

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Love can be dangerous
Love can be dangerous

Do you crave intimacy? Has love betrayed you? Often, our lives begin with a need for love, and our life stories consist of searching for it. Love can be dangerous. One reason is that it's volatile. A passionless relationship may not have much excitement, but neither does it have much capacity for failure. When you aim low, for mere companionship,...

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Intimacy, Sex & Scandals
Intimacy, Sex & Scandals

The headlines proclaimed the potential fall of another celebrity. The scandal began with a car crash in the middle of the night.  Shortly after, photos of a mistress surfaced and we all heard a voicemail recording threaten to tear another family apart. Tiger Woods, who has spent his career sporting a squeaky clean image now is cloaked with scandal. These...

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A Conversation About Love & God
A Conversation About Love & God

If I asked you to describe yourself, what would you say? Would you tell me your job title or refer to your relationships – husband, wife, son, daughter, friend? Would you talk about your successes, or failures, your dreams or your past? These are parts of who you are, but you are more than what you do or where you live. You are a human being...

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Learning to Love
Learning to Love

There's not much to life when you don't like people. I didn't value men and I thought women were boring - I didn't trust anyone. Becoming a career woman enabled me to find fulfilment outside of relationships. I joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a plain clothes officer in 1977, three years after women were first allowed in. I really...

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