Actually I don't know of that one. Who wrote it? Probably something to add to my reading list.
I prefer RSV over NAB myself. The Ascension RSV2CE is the one Fr. Mike Schmitz used for Bible in a Year, as I understand it's a great study Bible for seeing salvation history in context.
This is the dystopia--we're already in it.
Oh no...
My mother-in-law talks about how she avoided hanging out with other moms who complained about their husbands in front of other people. Many of those complainers are now divorced, and my mother-in-law is still happily married with five adult children and 6 grandchildren, all of whom love her dearly.
It just irks me when I'm talking to a customer service rep, and all they can do is relay to me what the computer system is telling them. Like, what's the point of talking to a person when that person is just the mouthpiece for a computer?
Check out Ascension Press or Ignatius Press, they offer some excellent study Bibles. You'll probably find the NAB or the RSVCE through them.
No one person can fulfill all of your relationship needs. Not a wife, not a friend, not a sibling. Be wary of that so as not to put too much weight on a relationship that can't or shouldn't support it.
This makes me think we just need deeper friendships. If divorce came as a shock maybe they didn't have the support networks they need.
Sometimes life really smacks people upside the head, as far as I can tell. That doesn't necessarily excuse divorce, but it seems some people don't get married fully realizing what they're getting into.
I went to a pretty conservative Catholic university, so most of the people in my dating pool would have counted as unicorns. A large portion of my graduating class is married now, two years later, mostly to each other.
Eugh, that's awkward.
I've heard that 50% divorce rate number. As far as I can tell, the most important thing is going into marriage with the correct understanding. If you're committed to actually loving your spouse (i.e., willing his or her good), then there are few, if any, insurmountable problems.
Seeing the dating scene today, it feels like I caught the last chopper out of 'Nam.
Honestly I have no idea. I married the first woman I dated, and she's a catch 😊
Not sure who needs to hear this, but please don't leave artificial flowers in cemeteries. They don't decompose, so if the bouquets aren't removed, the "petals" will eventually scatter all over the cemetery grounds as little scraps of synthetic fabric.
Browsing on Coracle feels like standing in the middle of a crowded room at a party and hearing bits of conversation from all sides, and occasionally elbowing your way into a group to inject an opinion, before wandering off again.
You finally hit your lifetime allotment of espresso?
My understanding is that Bishop Vasquez of Austin will temporarily be taking over jurisdiction of Bishop Strickland's diocese.
It all started when my wife and I both had phone troubles at the same time. On mine, the battery was swollen and the back of the phone had cracked; my phone case was the only thing holding it together. I was able to replace that Pixel 3 with a Pixel 7a through AT&T for a really great deal.
Meanwhile, my wife's iPhone 8 died, and so she fell back on her old iPhone 6. That one works fine, but is kind of a potato in terms of performance, and doesn't receive the latest iOS updates, so we needed to get her an upgrade. Great, I figured, I could get another deal through AT&T for the new model. Also, I could finally transfer her line from her parents' phone plan onto mine (we got married two years ago, and I never got around to it, oops).
Queue a whole run-around where she and I repeatedly went into various AT&T stores, only to get deflected each time by hapless employees, all of whom give a different reason for why I can't do this line transfer. First, she has to get added to her parents' account as an authorized user so they can transfer her. I call my father-in-law, who is the account owner; he tries to do the authorized user thing online, and it doesn't work. Mother-in-law also tries, to no avail.
They finally get the authorized user thing sorted out, so wife and I go into a store to try to do the line transfer. Well now, apparently, there was too much account activity that day (another family member got a phone upgrade), so we have to wait a few days and try again. Finally, yesterday, father-in-law gets on the phone with AT&T, adds me to the call, and we get the transfer done.
Well now that apparently jacked up my account profile. I log in, can't find either my phone line or my wife's and I have to hunt through old emails to find the billing number to re-add the wireless line to my online AT&T account.
Great, now I can order a new phone for the wife. I put in the order online, and set a nearby store as the pickup spot. The store cancels the order because they don't have any of the iPhone SE in stock, but when I get there, they suggest trying a different store. I call another store down the road, they say they'll check stock and call me back. Well, they never call me back, so I walk into that store to say I want to buy a new phone for my wife's line.
The employee tells me that I can't upgrade a phone line until it's been on the account for at least two months.
At present, I put in a new online order with instructions to just ship it to my apartment. We'll see if their computer system can sort this one out.