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Lord, I Am Open to Your Will. Now, Can You Give Me What I Want? Part III
Posted: 9/8/2009
Staying on the Road
We’ve been traveling on “Vocation Road,” trying to first of all make sense of the word, then to see what vocation calls each of us to do — or, more precisely, to be. The road, as in real life, has been smooth and bumpy, straight and twisting. But this activity is the drama of life! To live without facing the profound questions of one’s life is to miss the absolute surprise that each day brings. Even though our vocation journey as single persons causes us to sometimes face very difficult questions (about marriage, having a family of our own, and the very real possibility that these desires may not come to fruition in the way we wish them to), ... Read More
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What should I do when I find myself becoming attracted to an old friend?
Posted: 10/3/2009
Dear Anthony,
I’m a single woman and I’ve been good friends with a single man for several years. Lately I find myself comparing other men to him and seeing that no one measures up, and I feel upset whenever he talks about other women. And now, in addition to the emotional attraction, I find myself attracted to him physically. I have no idea how he would feel about all this, though, and I’m afraid to find out. Where do I go from here?
It sounds like you are in love. And that means you want to move forward to the next level with this man and things will never be the same again. You have to accept that reality. Things will never be the same! There is no going back to “the way it was”. You are attracted to him in every way and you now cannot see your life without him. It is probably that reality that keeps you from addressing this with him because you are afraid to lose him.
Unfortunately, you are going to have to risk losing him. You really don’t have a choice. There is no going back. You are in love. The problem with having these kinds of movements and feelings is sometimes you don’t know ... Read More
For Lent: Give Up the Pornography Mentality
Posted: 3/3/2010
Lent is a time of abstaining from what we really do not need, or what we enjoy but can do without for a time. But for the serious Christian, Lent should also be that wonderful time of year when can work on breaking bad habits once and for all, by God’s grace. That requires facing ourselves honestly and confronting the things that are not easy to admit are bad habits.
It’s never too late, and there is plenty of Lent remaining. So in that spirit, I would like to make a suggestion of something to consider giving up for the rest of this Lent and beyond. Instead of an object (like TV, food item, etc.), how about an attitude? Specifically, consider giving up any aspect of a pornographic mentality.
Perhaps you are reading this and saying, “He cannot be talking to me, I am not involved with pornography.” If you are saying that to yourself, you are assuming I mean pornography in the popular sense, which I will not get into here, but has to do with actually “engaging” in the sexually related objectification of a member of the opposite sex for the purpose of self-pleasure, without the intent of including the person in your experience. ... Read More
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