The Emotionally Faithful Wife Audio Talk

A few weeks ago for my mom's group at church I gave a talk on being an emotionally faithful wife. I have been speaking on emotional chastity or emotional purity to singles for over 2 years, but have never applied the principles to the married life until now.

If you have never thought about the need to be not just physically faithful, but also emotionally faithful in your marriage, this talk is for you (and even if you have, I still say give it a listen :). My mom's group friends all assured me that my recognition of this struggle is real and I'm not crazy, phew! From what they tell me if you take the time to listen to it be prepared to have some things to take to thought and prayer.

I welcome any comments or suggestions on the talk as I continue to dive into this topic!

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Living Liturgically Audio Talk

Earlier this year I gave a talk on living liturgically in your home at my Church's MOPS group (Mother's of Preschoolers, love the program, but the name makes me think of cleaning my kitchen floor). "Living liturgically" is a fancy way of saying modeling your home life with the seasons of the Church.

The talk gives my 3 reasons for why we live liturgically and then walks through a year of the Church's calendar. I give explanations for what we teach in each season, why we teach it and how we can teach it. The scrolling pictures in the video are some examples of what we have done or made in the past few months.

It was so good for me to put this talk together and it gave me some motivation to take the time to plan meaningful experiences for my kids. My prayer is it will do the same for you. Sorry about the baby chatter in the background, but what is a moms group without baby chatter!

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