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5 Counterfeits of Love (and why people accept them) Part II: Infatuation

By | February 22, 2011

What it is. Infatuation is temporary, all-absorbing crush or passion. Where you see it. Most chick flicks are about infatuation because it’s packed with emotion and romance without any of the “ordinary” parts of life to slow down the plot. Many websites and magazines for teen girls routinely talk about “love” when they’re really talking about “infatuation.”

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5 Counterfeits of Love (and why people accept them) Part I: Lust

By | February 21, 2011

Introduction This month on LifeTeen.com we’re writing all about love. We want to figure out the difference between luv, something that’s shallow, and love, the thing that is deep and profound. So in this 5-part blog series, I’m going to talk about the things that at times might look and feel like love, but are in fact just a counterfeit. Here’s what I’ll cover: Part I: Lust Part II: Infatuation Part III: Obsession Part IV: Co-dependence Part V: Abuse and Manipulation You’ll want to read this Read more [...]

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Love and Lust. Soul and Body.

By | February 18, 2011

Crash diets don’t work. If a woman loves donuts or a man loves buffalo wings, they have the choice: control their flesh or schedule the angioplasty. Simply eliminating the temptation isn’t enough; the body must be retrained and self-control must come into play. The same is true in the battle for purity.

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20 Timeless Quotes on Love

By | February 16, 2011

I asked all of Life Teen’s friends on Facebook to share their favorite quotes on love. You shared insight from saints, poets, authors, and from Scripture. This is definitely a blog you will want to print and hang on your wall. “The greatest romance one can find, is to fall in love with God. The greatest journey one could embark on, is to seek Him. The greatest achievement one can obtain, is to find Him.”~ St. Augustine “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger Read more [...]

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A Dozen Roses – Scripturally speaking

By | February 14, 2011

Why are twelve red roses the norm to demonstrate our love for another? Why not a basket of fruit? Of course, then I remember how the fruit idea turned out for our lovebirds in Eden. Why not a half dozen or two dozen? Why red roses and not white? Why not daffodils or daisies?

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What a Girl REALLY Wants in a Guy

By | February 11, 2011

If I told you that all girls desired a guy who has fame like Robert Pattinson, fortune like 50 Cent, skills like LeBron, chops like Mayer, hair like Bieber, and abs like the Situation, 99.9% of you would throw your hands up in despair and slink into sloth-dom, playing Angry Birds for the rest of your teenage life. Thankfully, you can breathe a sigh of relief and know that the most complex creature in all of creation—WOMAN—is pretty simple when it comes to what she wants in a guy. While movies, Read more [...]

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Plastic Roses: 'The Bachelor' and True Love

By | February 7, 2011

The way the world looks at dating and the way God wants to write your love story are completely different ideas. When I saw the Bachelorette last season, I realized the show was a perfect example of the way the world orchestrates dating as opposed to God. I’m thinking twice before sitting though this season of The Bachelor, and here’s why.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.07 – Why Are My Friends So Scandalous?

By | January 4, 2011

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This episode’s question is a toughie: “My friends and I used to all hang out, but now they’re into dressing and acting scandalous. What do I do?”

Joining host Matt Smith are Alissa Roberts, Nick Chavez, and Maria Raus.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.06 – The Dirt on The Flirt

By | December 21, 2010

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This episode, the gang gives the low down on what makes for good flirting – and what doesn’t.

This episode’s panel includes host Matt Smith joined by Kemi Ndolo, Alissa Roberts, and Maria Raus.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.05 – Can I Trust His Intentions?

By | December 7, 2010

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This episode, a girl writes in to ask “How do I know if this guy really likes me, or is just trying to take advantage of me?”

Along with Matt Smith as host, Pam Savoia, Nick Chavez, and Candyce Smith join the conversation.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.04 – (I Think) I Have a Vocation… Can I Date?

By | November 9, 2010

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The panel answers a listener’s question – “Is it okay for me to date in high school if I might have a vocation?”

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Love Life Podcast - 2.03 – I've Got A Crush on My Best Friend!

By | October 26, 2010

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This time on Love Life, the gang answers the question “How do I tell my good friend that I like them? Will it ruin our friendship?”

Joining host Matt Smith in this episode are Carrie Bigley, Kemi Ndolo, and Nikki Magnus.

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2.02 – Pregnancy, Pressure, and Purity

By | October 14, 2010

On The Mix, we try to bring you a little bit of everything (which is why it’s called ‘The Mix’), and this week it’s something extra special. Over the summer, blogger Christina Mead put together an audio story about the pressure teens face about sexuality, and the culture that’s taken teen moms and turned them into celebrities.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.02 – I Messed Up and Had Sex… Now What?

By | October 12, 2010

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Our question this week comes from someone asking “My boyfriend and I have had sex, and both of us have gone to Confession, but we don’t want to keep messing up. What should we do?”

Joining host Matt Smith on this episode are Carrie Bigley, Kemi Ndolo, and Alissa Roberts.

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Love Life Podcast - 2.01 – I Helped You Get Over Your Ex… Now Let's Date?

By | September 28, 2010

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This episode, the gang answers the question, “I just helped a girl that’s a friend of mine get through a breakup, but now I’m attracted to her. Should I ask her out?”

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Deconstructed: The Failed Relationships of Pop Music. Eminem + Rihanna. Katie + Snoop. Lady Antebellum + Charles.

By | August 6, 2010

Looking for relationship advice? Don’t listen to the radio. After a 20 year hiatus, duets are are back: the guy and the girl appear on the same song to make sense of their relationship with one another. Unfortunately, the top duets of the summer all glorified dysfunctional relationships that are doomed to fail.

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Holy Romance: 4 Ways You Can Start Your Romance With God

By | June 30, 2010

Like most girls, I love watching chick flicks. It is romantic and exciting to watch a love story unfold and end happily ever after. However, at the end of the movie, I feel incomplete as a single woman and immediately start daydreaming about my future spouse. St. Paul says, “The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit,” 1 Corinthians 7:34. Am I acting as though I am unmarried or married when I am focusing on my future spouse? Sometimes when we think our vocation is marriage, we tend to focus on catching a guy with our beauty. The more we flirt, the quicker we fall in love and live happily ever after… or so we think.

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Ask Fr. J – Is premarital sex adultery?

By | May 14, 2010

Q: Is premarital sex “committing adultery?” Where in the Bible does it say that sex is wrong?

A: Okay let me begin with the good news, sex is not wrong…if done in the union of a husband and wife in the Sacrament of Marriage.

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3 Things All Seniors Wish They Knew as Freshmen

By | May 8, 2010

Any graduating senior will tell you what they wish they knew as when they were freshman. Most of this comes from circumstance: if someone studied all the time and never had fun, they might tell you to have more fun. If someone who had a lot of fun but never studied, they will tell you to study more. So everyone has different some nugget of wisdom they will share. Then there are some universal lessons that everybody learns, whether they like it or not. It doesn’t matter who you are or what Read more [...]

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Ask Fr. J – Was it wrong for me to date an athiest?

By | April 30, 2010

Q: I just recently ended a relationship with an atheist. Was I wrong for going out with him in the first place? While I dated him, I totally felt like I could convince him that Catholicism is a wonderful thing. Instead, I felt like I was offending the Lord. Was I wrong for going out with my atheist boyfriend?

A: Not in the least. Please, don’t feel guilty about that choice in your life. If your intent was to show yourself as a person of faith and to maybe try to encourage him to see beyond the narrow, lonely view of the world atheism professes, then I don’t see anything you should be guilty about.

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