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May 02

State of Family and Marriage Research

Terri Carrol, a sociology professor at Bowling Green and the co-director of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR), has a lot of interesting information to share in the article “State of the American Family” that was recently published in BGSU Magazine. But what goes unsaid in fact speaks far louder. Behind the …

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Sep 14

7 Quick Takes Friday Volume #2 – Hermits, Sloth, & Farmer’s Markets

— 1 — Sick. I am feeling a little sick/nauseous this morning and so I can’t promise complete coherency, or that all of my quick takes will be of much substance….. (see what I did there?…) — 2 — Sloth. No matter how many times I hear it, read it, or have it explained to …

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Sep 10

Marcus Grodi – Catholic Speaker Month 2012

September is 2012′s Catholic Speaker Month which you can read all about over at Brandon Vogt’s blog. The list of Catholic speakers has been narrowed down to the top 100 and my dear father, Marcus Grodi, has made the cut. I have volunteered to supply his speaker profile for the month so read on and …

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Sep 07

7 Quick Takes Friday – Dolan, Dominic, Doctor Who, & Diet

— 1 — Cardinal Dolan is the man. I confess I did not watch anything else coming out of the DNC except for the chatter on twitter and this video of Dolan saying the closing prayer. It was a powerful prayer and sure to do some good. It seemed to me that Dolan did a …

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Apr 17

Young Adults and the Catholic Church – Marcus Grodi interviews JonMarc and Teresa

My wife Teresa, our friend Mary Clare Piecynski, and I were interviewed last year by my father, Marcus Grodi, on the experience of living the faith encountered by young adults in the Catholic church today. I hope you enjoy! ____________________ In this special 3-part video, Marcus Grodi interviews three Catholic young adults on the experiences …

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Nov 04

What Faith Is and Isn’t – Fr. Robert Barron

Here is another among the many excellent videos by Fr. Robert Barron. The video clarifies the common but (I think) often misused or misunderstood term “faith”. This particular video caught my eye and then my immense interest and excitement upon watching  because Fr. Barron beautifully and concisely explains faith as it needs to be explained to the …

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