Runway to Reality is a non-profit organization, located in the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin, designed to combat the current trend of suggestive clothing and help women find their dignity and improve their self-esteem.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
now for some good news!
There's a new website on modesty!!!!
Shutting down abuse against sexuality
A big thanks goes out to Mike Wallacavage and others from West Chester, PA who endured a long meeting last night in which the topic of an "adult" shop in West Chester was addressed.
What you won't see in the story that Channel 10 wrote is that 99.9% of the people at the meeting last night gave witness to the detriment of the shop.
Please continue to pray for Jill McDevitt who owns the shop, and if you can stop by, let her know that we care about her and that there's so much richer and deeper meaning to human sexuality than exploiting it through obscene instructions.
What you won't see in the story that Channel 10 wrote is that 99.9% of the people at the meeting last night gave witness to the detriment of the shop.
Please continue to pray for Jill McDevitt who owns the shop, and if you can stop by, let her know that we care about her and that there's so much richer and deeper meaning to human sexuality than exploiting it through obscene instructions.
Nudes in Sculpture and Painting vs Nudes in Photography and Film
I found this information and this man's research very interesting. Peter Baklinski is a graduate of California's Thomas Aquinas College and has recently been accepted into the PhD program at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family in Melbourne, Australia. He has written an insightful essay detailing the difference in viewing nakedness in art and in pornography. In his paper Baklinski approaches the debate by asking, “Is the difference simply a matter of preference or taste, or is there something more profound that makes one entirely different from the other?”
Monday, May 26, 2008
Wise words from William McGurn
I must confess, I've never heard of William McGurn, but apparantely he's a famous speech writer. Well, he was invited to give the commencement address at Benedictine College in Kansas this year. Here are some of his wise words... mixed with a little bit of wit and common sense!
Sex is powerful because it is more than the merely physical. It makes rational men and women irrational. It ties us to people when we would rather be free. And in the right circumstances, it gives us a glimmer of the divine.
Do not take my word for it. Ask any young man who has tried to weasel out of a relationship that changed in some indefinable way after a line was crossed. Ask any young woman who has watched a man get walk out her room and wonder if she will get even a phone call. And ask any of those who sit alone Saturday nights, wondering what happened to things they know about only from books and old movies: moonlit evenings …candlelit dinners for two …and the thrill of a first kiss.
What happened, of course, is that restraint went out the window. Romance feeds on possibility, and withers when the outcome is a forgone conclusion. Romance also requires the drama that comes from the sense that what is at stake is something permanent – that the object of your affection may the One meant for you and you only. For so many people, unfortunately, physical intimacy has become the first step in a test whether a relationship should begin at all – rather than the culminating act of love and commitment. And so those of us who speak fluent Audrey Hepburn find it difficult to communicate in a Sarah Jessica Parker world.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
FDA Defends Embryos! (?)
It seems as though the FDA has finally come down on the correct side of an "issue." I don't want to rush to judgment and say they did it because they finally realize that embryos are people and deserve protection from being killed and used for science experiments, but at least there is a glimmer of hope! Read the story here.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Why marriage makes sense
Some think that chastity educators scare kids into not having sex... but any time you're trying to influence someone, how often to scare tactics really work?! If we are really interested in spreading this message (and we are), then we would use something better than scare tactics to get the message of chastity across.
Now, that's exactly how I came to make a commitment to chastity. I had heard all the scary STD stats and the risks of pregnancy, but it wasn't until I heard that there is a deep significance and meaning of sexual activity within marriage that I made a commitment to chastity.
You see, through the wedding vows, two people pledge their entire lives to one another: everything about their lives-- body, heart, mind-- is given as a gift to the other. As a married couple engages in the sexual act, they are literally giving that gift to one another!! When I heard that there is that deep significant body language associated with the sexual act, I knew that's what I wanted. I wanted to give myself completely to my husband.
Now... would it really be possible for this to be shared between two women or two men? Physically speaking, no. Men and women are created with different and complimentary bodies that are able to come together as one. That's why homosexual marriages can't work!
Now, that's exactly how I came to make a commitment to chastity. I had heard all the scary STD stats and the risks of pregnancy, but it wasn't until I heard that there is a deep significance and meaning of sexual activity within marriage that I made a commitment to chastity.
You see, through the wedding vows, two people pledge their entire lives to one another: everything about their lives-- body, heart, mind-- is given as a gift to the other. As a married couple engages in the sexual act, they are literally giving that gift to one another!! When I heard that there is that deep significant body language associated with the sexual act, I knew that's what I wanted. I wanted to give myself completely to my husband.
Now... would it really be possible for this to be shared between two women or two men? Physically speaking, no. Men and women are created with different and complimentary bodies that are able to come together as one. That's why homosexual marriages can't work!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Gay Marriage ban Overturned
Today the supreme court of California overturned the ban on gay marriage.
What I found interesting was this particular point regarding civil unions already in place.
"California already offers same-sex couples who register as domestic partners the same legal rights and responsibilities as married spouses, including the right to divorce and to sue for child support."
It just seemed interesting to mention that they desired the right to break up a marriage and sue for child support. I thought marriage was supposed to be forever.... At least that is what we "religious and social conservative groups," believe. Marriage is about love. Freely, totally, faithfully, and fruitfully giving yourself to your partner - for the rest of your life.
To insure the right to divorce and sue each other, before the ability to marry is even legally granted, says something about the intentions of the gay marriage movement. It seems more about politics than about love. More about social and economic agenda's, than about the mutual covenant of two people becoming one.
Truly interesting....
What I found interesting was this particular point regarding civil unions already in place.
"California already offers same-sex couples who register as domestic partners the same legal rights and responsibilities as married spouses, including the right to divorce and to sue for child support."
It just seemed interesting to mention that they desired the right to break up a marriage and sue for child support. I thought marriage was supposed to be forever.... At least that is what we "religious and social conservative groups," believe. Marriage is about love. Freely, totally, faithfully, and fruitfully giving yourself to your partner - for the rest of your life.
To insure the right to divorce and sue each other, before the ability to marry is even legally granted, says something about the intentions of the gay marriage movement. It seems more about politics than about love. More about social and economic agenda's, than about the mutual covenant of two people becoming one.
Truly interesting....
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
3 Days ----> 3,000 Eighth Grade Students!
Generation Life staff, along with a group of wonderfully helpful volunteers, just completed 3 days worth of our annual Chastity Days. Starting Tuesday at Cardinal O'Hara High School, followed by Wednesday at Bishop Shanahan, and wrapping up Thursday at Archbishop Ryan, bus loads of area eighth grade students came to hear the beautiful message of chastity and how embracing chastity in their lives can save them from heartbreak, sexually transmitted diseases and crisis pregnancies. After the 2 hours worth of testimonies, videos, talks and skits, each student in attendance left knowing that they are truly worth waiting for. Let us keep the lives of all young people in our daily prayers so that they may stay strong in the face of our current culture of death, and that a culture of life will emerge strong with their generation.
Thanks to everyone that helped to make this years Chastity Days a huge success and thank you to every teacher and principal for bringing their class to hear this very important message!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Same-Sex "Marriage" is NOT the same as Interracial Marriage
On the cover of the paper today was a great story about Mildred Loving (a black woman) and her husband Richard (a white man). However, right next to it there was the story of the PA Marriage Protection Amendment, that will now be voted on by the full Senate. It bothers me that some people view same-sex "marriage" as a Civil Rights issue. The two have nothing in common!! Striking down interracial marriage bans affirmed marriage by saying that ANY man has a right to marry ANY woman (and vice-versa). But same-sex "marriage" totally redefines marriage! I think the comparison is shameful and a slap in the face to black Americans who were denied true civil rights for many years. Marriage has nothing to do with race: it has everything to do with bringing men and women together, to build a life together and create the next generation in society. Same-sex "marriages" do not offer the same blessing to the world. Homosexuality is not a civil right. I urge everyone to visit www.pa4marriage.org to get additional information.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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