Tag: "marriage"
An Online Rant About Online Dating
I wasn’t planning to write a post about this, being a little reticent about discussing my personal life on my blog in real-time. Ok, I’m fairly certain some of you are snickering right now as you note that I based an entire novel on real life events, but somehow this is different. Many of the [...]
Midweek Meditation: Test of Fire
Whether or not you’re a Catholic, this powerful video is a stirring reminder for every American who cherishes freedom. Remember in November. DariaDaria DiGiovanni is an accomplished writer, author, blogger, internet radio host and social media professional. She released her first novel, Water Signs: A Story of Love and Renewal in 2008 and is currently [...]
Five Minutes with the Word: Honor
Today’s Lenten meditation is especially relevant, given the lack of honor that seems to dominate today’s culture: “… So that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.” (John 5:23) During his earthly life, Jesus repeatedly declared that his primary purpose was to do only what the Father wanted of him and [...]
Lovely Little House
Note: I first wrote this article back in 2006 for one of my original blogs. Since then, most of the offerings at the movie theater and on television have only served to solidify my premise, so I thought it was well-worth a repost here. Nowadays, Little House on the Prairie is broadcast on the Hallmark [...]
Midweek Meditation: Marriage and Relationships
Building from last week’s post about putting the Eight Principles of God Will Make A Way into practice for Dating and Romance, we arrive this week at Marriage and Relationships: I think the key to a good marriage is this: being in the marriage — being totally invested, with all the parts of yourself, in [...]
Midweek Meditation: Dating and New Romance
Over the past eight weeks, we’ve taken a look at the Eight Principles that comprise the book God Will Make A Way by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Now it is time to move into the next part of their excellent spiritual guide, which tells us how to put the principles to work, [...]
Reflections on the book God Will Make A Way, Part Three
Principle Two from God Will Make A Way – Choose Your Traveling Companions Wisely — reminds us of the importance of the company we keep, whether friends, family, co-workers or acquaintances: There are many people who want what God has for them, but unfortunately, just like a kid who thinks he doesn’t need a teacher, [...]
The Daunting Task of Writing a Tasteful, Compelling Love Scene: Chapter 34 of Water Signs
Or, as my lovable smart-aleck writer-friend Don calls it, Chapter Fornication. He kids of course, being one of the book’s staunchest fans as well as someone who understands the novel’s underlying themes and ultimate championing of traditional values. Having been raised with similar values as an Evangelical Christian, Don (like so many other readers) relates to [...]
The Seen Versus The Unseen in Water Signs
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” – 2 Corinthians 4:16 I’d posted a cryptic Twitter update the other day alluding to the fact that I’d received confirmation on the accuracy of my intuition, pertaining to a character in my book. I’d [...]
God and Spirituality in Water Signs, Part Two
In Part One, I discussed the prevalence of faith, God and spirituality in Water Signs, and the important role they play in the development of the plot and characters. Coming from a traditional home and raised in the Catholic Church, it never occurred to me that everyday activities — like reading my daily horoscope with my mom [...]
Maddy’s Men In Water Signs: A Comparison and Contrast
I’ve noted in other posts and places the dire cultural consequences we’re currently dealing with as a direct result of the so-called sexual revolution and women’s liberation of the 1960s. In a two-part column entitled Cyberspace and the Single (Conservative) Girl, which appeared in Parcbench, I explored the ramifications of the “turbulent” decade for traditional [...]
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