Tezi and I have a day of disc fun as we played ultimate frisbee and some disc golf. Check it out!
Category Archives: marriage
Glimpse a Fun Night!
Jer and Tez give you 30 seconds of smiles from a fun night in southern California.
We wish you all such joyous moments in your own lives, even now. And please, share them with us!
Being together again…
They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
~ Emily Bronte
Wuthering Heights
Most widely spread vice on earth…
“Lust is an inordinate desire of unlawful pleasures. It is a vice most widely spread in the world; one that is most violent in its attacks, most insatiable in its cravings. Hence St. Augustine says that the severest warfare which a Christian has to maintain is that in defense of chastity, for such combats are frequent, and victories rare.”
~ Venerable Louis of Granada,
The Sinner’s Guide, Chapter 32
The road to recovery
Have you ever traveled to a mountainous part of the world when it was cloudy and rainy? You look out your windows and you can see almost nothing but the ground. Then the rain stops and the clouds part and you catch your breath because there, towering right over you, is this magnificent peak. But a couple of hours later the clouds roll in and it has vanished, and you don’t see it again for a good while. That is what it is like to get to know a Christian. You have an old self and a new self. The old self is crippled with anxieties, the need to prove yourself, bad habits you can’t break, and many besetting sins and entrenched character flaws. The new self is still you, but you liberated from all your sins and flaws. This new self is always a work in progress, and sometimes the clouds of the old self make it almost completely invisible. But sometimes the clouds really part, and you see the wisdom, courage, and love of which you are capable. It’s a glimpse of where you are going.
Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage
The alliance between man and woman
From here comes the great responsibility of the Church, of all believers, and first of all of believing families, to rediscover the beauty of the creative design that inscribes the image of God also in the alliance between man and woman. The earth is filled with harmony and trust when the alliance between man and woman is lived well. And if man and woman seek it together between themselves and with God, without a doubt they will find it.
– Pope Francis
04/15/2015
General Audience speech before Saint Peter’s Square
Life without love…
He found that man required affection, that life without tenderness and without love was only a noisy, miserable, unfeeling machine…
~ Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
At the core of every relationship
The choice to pursue the goal of connection will bring you right up against the real conflict that lies at the core of every relationship. It is a spiritual battle – a heart battle – drawn between the two most powerful forces that drive us: fear and love. If you want to be a powerful person capable of building intimate relationships, then it is absolutely vital that you learn how these forces operate and align yourself with love.
~ Danny Silk, Keep Your Love On
A chief parenting commitment…
The most important parenting commitment: Be your child’s advocate and don’t give up on him. You don’t yell at a flower that isn’t thriving; you water it.
~ Dr. Laura Markham,
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting
Odd But Not Unusual 