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July 30th, 2006
Can a guy and a girl be 'just friends'?
Opposite-sex friendships are great, and can be completely uncomplicated. Or they can get you into a whole heap of trouble.
Sometimes a movie hits a chord in the ... |
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July 15th, 2006
The Handbag Problem
A.K.A. Advice on How To Be a Great "Date"
John was attending a work cocktail party with his girlfriend Angie when they had a fight. Angie attends receptions for her job all the time, but this was the ... |
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July 4th, 2006
Rules of Engagement: Hitching a ride on the Wedding Train
In March of last year, I met a handsome, witty man named Peter at a black-tie charity benefit in New York City and we talked until the wee hours of the morning. From the start, ... |
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June 19th, 2006
The "Arguments" for Premarital Sex... and the down-to-earth responses you should know
I gave a talk recently on sex and dating to a group of Catholic 15- and 16-year-olds in New York City. Since my normal audience is young-adults—Catholics in their 20s and 30s—I planned to ... |
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June 5th, 2006
Catholic Do's and Don'ts: A Guide for Wedding Guests
The wedding season is upon us and BustedHalo readers have written in with great questions about religious protocol as we celebrate our friends' marriages. Does attending a Saturday evening ... |
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May 22nd, 2006
Advice from Celibate Clergy
Since I began writing this column, scores of readers have emailed me asking for personal advice. I always offer whatever thoughts I can, and usually end letters by recommending that they ... |
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May 8th, 2006
Marriage and Holy Orders: An Anglican Wedding Prompts Questions for Catholics
On the Friday after Easter I attended the wedding of my friends Andrea and Simon in Oxford, England. Andrea and Simon are both studying to be vicars, so they have many ... |
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April 24th, 2006
Updating the Best of Pure Sex, Pure Love's First Year
For more than a year, I've been writing the Pure Sex, Pure Love column for BustedHalo. We've covered some big topics: When to bring up your faith in a new relationship, how to make sure ... |
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March 30th, 2006
Impure Thoughts: What are they and where do they come from?
The Bible tells us "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 26:7) and the Buddha is quoted as saying "What we think, we become." Our ... |
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March 22nd, 2006
Surviving my husband's heart attack
At 11pm on February 9th my husband started with pain in his chest. At midnight he woke me up and said, "I don't think I'm ok." We drove ... |
