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Sorry about the two-day lapse. Yesterday evening, after the Truth Project, I went to T.G.I.Friday's for dinner with a few friends. I had cheese sticks (some of which the boys stole while I wasn't looking part of the way through...Curtis left me with half of a mangled cheese stick) and a yummy salad with pecans and strawberries. Salad with strawberries always makes me happy. :-) I snagged a ride in Andrew's new RSX . Oooh , it's pretty. I'd love a car like that, but it's not very car seat friendly--a must for me. (Soccer mom before I'm even a mom, say the boys. Oh yes.) After that, we talked about religion and what this religion believes and what this one doesn't. "Okay," I said before I asked a question, "now, you know, you really have to dumb this down for me." I don't get things so well. Things must be seriously dumbed down for me. I ask for answers to be repeated a lot and I ask the same question a several times. And I don'...

If Star Wars were real, then this group would be the good side (Yoda's side), and the dark side (The Emperor) would be "Join the Protestant Side." Anyway, this is a board to provide information and support for anyone who is considering becoming Catholic. We will try to provide information for you about what the Church teaches and how everything that the Church teaches is supported by Sacred Scripture and in know ways contradicts it. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on the wall or as a group discussion. If you are not a Catholic and want some info, please, ask a question! I was just invited by a "friend" to join a group on Facebook with the above description. Obviously I know why. What I don't understand, however, is what wonderfully loving person wrote the first sentence. It seriously saddened me. It's a dumb parallel, but if one were to do it accurately, wouldn't all Christians be the good side and Satan be the dark side? Instead of...

Today is Ash Wednesday. Lent starts. I'm giving up Facebook and Myspace. Mike says no big deal, because I'll just blog more. This is true. But if you don't see me of MySpace or Facebook, this is why. Maybe this will be the start of a good trend. You know...growing up and getting OFF those silly "social networking" sites. ♥Tiffany♥ I confess, I had lunch. What's more, I had lasagna for lunch. There was meat in it.

I went running yesterday morning. I ran for 1.2 miles. I have since decided that this was a bad idea because it was a Tuesday and days that begin with T are my gym days. And I don't particularly want to go to the gym after I went running that morning. So I think I'll run on MWF (if I wake up early enough) and go to the gym on TT. If I skip running, that's okay. Because it's free. The gym is not. I went running around my block and around the next block down. Which just happens to be where my old church is. You know, the church from when I used to be Catholic. Well, I called Fr. Chris after my run because I needed to talk to him. I owed it to him. As my friend, as my priest, I should have never dropped off the face of the earth without so much as a "so long, and thanks for all the fish." We met after school for about an hour and a half. When I arrived at St. Mary's, my brother and my father were there. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "What...

The chasm between the Roman catholic church and the evangelical protestant church is vast. I know, I am in many ways a part of both. Easter Sunday 2006 was my the first service at North Hills Community Church. The message was good, but certain things left me feeling grateful for the reverence and formality of my own church, St. Mary's Catholic Church. My ever loving boyfriend continued to invite me to his church while I invited him to mine. Soon enough we were riding on that church roller coaster that was not unfamiliar to me: fitting two religions into one relationship. I realized that I could not continue to do this. The more I went to this new church, the more I loved it and the body of Christ that it contained. It began to be a church that I called my own. I then realized for the first time, the vast similarities and stark differences within my two churches. I felt as though a child of the two religions. My "parents" had divorced and joint custody was not at option. I...

CHECK THIS OUT: (thanks Marcus) Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by an east coast resident, which was posted on the Internet. It's funny, as well as informative: Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them: When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The ...