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Co-Parenting Communication
We are aware that our experience of co-parenting does not reflect that of other people in a broken relationship.
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Who empties the trash? Who is Saint Bartholomew?
We were standing in front of an overflowing trash can in the neighborhood “fast-food chicken” franchise. It took me a moment to register my son asking me the question. I’d been daydreaming and lost in thought.
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God’s Love Actually
I know that it is the season of Advent, but Christmas is on my heart and mind. It’s hard to avoid, since, in the words of fictional rock-n-roll legend Billy Mack, “Christmas is all around.” Christmas is on tv, in stores, in our email boxes, and of course, we’re inundated with holiday musical classics.
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What is Jesus really saying about divorce?
I am a priest. I am going through a divorce. Imagine my excitement level as I prepare to preach Sunday
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Post-divorce, what is reconciliation? This Lent, how can I be made new?
Pain, time, and distance have created a wedge that may never be overcome. What does that mean for my ministry of reconciliation?
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I was finished with marriage, but marriage wasn’t finished with me.
Human beings break their promises. But God doesn’t break promises to us.
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This year, Christmas came early (but we were together).
This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.
This year, Christmas came early (but we were together). Read Post »
Parenting for Faith from a Distance
I know how it can be hard to separate co-parenting from the pain of divorce. But I also know God is still at work in my life.
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Keeping the 12 Days – in a blended family and with grandkids
Celebrating Christmas for all twelve days helped our family – first, after a divorce, and now, with our grandchildren.
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