Posted on March 29th, 2012 by Love and Fidelity Network
Share“Pornography is of great harm to the individual, the couple, and the family.” It is an epidemic, and now researcher, psychologist and scholar on our Speakers Bureau, Dr. Patrick Fagan, discusses the role pornography plays in the culture: Dr. Fagan is available to speak on your college campus. For more information, please contact Ashley Crouch [...]
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Posted on December 20th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
ShareThe Macy’s on 34th Street in New York City boasts a bright, glittery, larger-than-life sign that says “Believe”. Indeed, this is the season for belief, and as people bustle around, making purchases and catching up with family and friends, or taking some well-deserved time off, we invite you to think about this concept of “belief.” [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
Chastity is not simply a courtesy owed women. Nor is it a mechanism by which women can exchange sex for a promise of lifelong protection. Rather, it is a holistic treatment of the human person in accord with reality.
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Posted on April 7th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
After all, the sweetness about romance is knowing someone who will always enjoy the way you look (even without makeup or a huge volume of alcohol), who will be there whenever you need him or her, who would sit side-by-side with you on the Main Green on a sunny Saturday afternoon to watch the autumn leaves fall. An addiction to the “fast food” style of romance simply deprives one of so many beautiful things in life.
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Posted on March 8th, 2011 by Ashley Crouch
Share Women are in love with love. Particularly around Valentine’s Day and further into the spring, many women find themselves dreaming of a romance that will solve all of life’s ills and provide their heart’s desire. It doesn’t stop with Valentine’s Day. Women are by far the largest consumers of chick-flicks and romance novels. The [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2011 by Shirene Urry
March is traditionally known by college students as a month of midterms, basketball, and, ultimately, respite. Yet this March presents another opportunity for college students–an occasion to write about modern love.
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Posted on February 17th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
What, then, might the conservative minded individual do when trying to adopt and articulate a positive picture for his romantic activity in light of such conflict and dissolution of universally adopted, pre-marital standards? Two reactions to anomie seem typical: nostalgia and cynicism; either nostalgia for the “good-old-days” when values were clear and life was less complex or cynicism in despair of seeing no suitable, achievable option in present day circumstance.
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Posted on February 14th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
The value of sexual restraint for committed couples moving toward marriage is best understood when couples appreciate that emotional intimacy is the true foundation of sexual intimacy in a healthy marriage. Emotional intimacy exists in a relationship when two people experience a sense of security, support, trust, comfort, and safety with one another. In dating, focusing on emotional intimacy is a process of coming to know each other from the inside-out, not just the outside in.
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Posted on February 10th, 2011 by Shirene Urry
Share As a middle school teacher at an all-girls’ school who oversees the student council, I recently received the curious question: “What should we do about Valentine’s Day… at an all-girls school?” At first I was as stumped as the students. Valentine’s activities at secondary schools seem to be associated with school dances, flower sales, [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
ShareWe hope you were able to make it to our last national conference, “Sexuality, Integrity, and the University.” If you couldn’t join us, perhaps you heard what a success it was and how the powerful line-up of speakers held a crowded room of students spell-bound time and again. (You may also read about it here [...]
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