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7 Steps to a Holier Life – by Mother Teresa

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Anyone who’s followed Fallible Blogma for awhile knows that I love Mother Teresa quotes.

Here I’ve compiled seven of them (into seven simple steps) that help me every day. Try reading them daily (or weekly) to help keep priorities in order and life in proper perspective. No matter how many times I read them, I always end up more inspired than I was before. [Keep Reading]

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Quote: Ghandi on Speed

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“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Ghandi

So much of what our culture values most is increasing its speed – or quantity. So much so that we are willing to justify just about anything in order to get it.

Whether it is living longer, seeing more things, staying up later, moving on up, knowing more stuff, having more things, traveling more places, friending more faces, filling up spaces, healing more ailments, adrenaline injections, feels good infections or sex without consequences – we pursue all of this very often at the expense of our sole goal and end in life: Holiness. [Keep Reading]

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Sunday: The Lord’s Day or Your Day?

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We’re a very busy family.  Too busy.  My weekdays are packed with work, chores, phone calls, emails, projects, diaper changes, feedings, cleaning, play time, programming, flockNote help desk, walking the dog, chasing the cat, paying the bills, and making lists of the things I’ve yet to do but will never get to.  Weeknights are more [...]

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Quote: Real power

“Power isn’t having the world at your fingertips; it is having the world at your fingertips and being able to give it up!” – Tarek Saab, Gut Check
It’s a big misconception that just because we do what we want, we are “free” or “empowered.” It far more often means we are simply enslaved to [...]

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Book: Gut Check, by Tarek Saab

Every man that wants to be a better man should read this book (Start reading it FREE here).  Every woman that wants to understand men better or help us to be better men should also read this book.
In Gut Check, Tarek Saab spills his life and insights into an inspiring story of a modern man’s [...]

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Quote of the Day: In pursuit of perfection

For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of “nobody’s perfect,” the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom to pile up sins in a careless and unchecked way. Ironically, being perfect is precisely what we are called to be! “Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father [...]

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Keep it Simple, by Emmanuel de Gibergues

I recently finished Bishop Emmanuel de Gibergues’ book called “Keep it Simple: The busy Catholic’s guide to growing closer to God.”  This insightful and helpful book gave me some new perspectives on the daily struggle to be holy.
The entire premise of the book, as Bishop Emmanuel says, is Simplicity.  “To be simple is to see, [...]

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Quote of the Day: Letting it be done

“Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.” – Christopher West

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14 Tips for Going Away to College

These tips have been updated for 2009 and moved to a new post!  Please check them out here!

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