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The Blog Post I Never Intended to Write
Pornography: Bring It Into the Light
Seems like Kanye West is a hot topic. I’m old enough to say without embarrassment that my knowledge of him begins and ends with him being married to a Kardashian and his tussle with Taylor Swift. But a headline about him caught my eye a couple of days ago. I clicked through and discovered this:
“Playboy was my gateway into full-blown pornography addiction. My dad had a Playboy left out at age 5, and it’s affected almost every choice I made for the rest of my life,” West told Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1 on Thursday. “From age 5, to now having to kick the habit. And it just presents itself in the open, like it’s OK. And I stand up and say, you know, it’s not OK.” (Source)
And that prompted me to write the blog post I never intended to write. I’d been reading about silence and wondering whether I really should be saying something about anything. And yet, I felt like something else needed to be said.
Continue readingResources for Pornography Addiction (All in Good Time)
Bloom for Catholic Women
Our mission at Bloom for Catholic Women is to provide healing for women that have been impacted by their husband’s pornography use and/or addiction.
Covenant Eyes
Covenant Eyes is designed to help you and those you love live free from pornography.
Fight the New Drug
Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness of its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts.
Integrity Restored
Our mission at Integrity Restored is to help restore the integrity of individuals, spouses, and families that have been affected by pornography and pornography addiction.
National Center for Sexual Exploitation
Exposing the connections between all forms of sexual exploitation.
Project Young Minds
Kids CAN learn to reject pornography.
STRIVE 21-Day Detox from Porn with Matt Fradd
Thousands of men are breaking free from porn with STRIVE.
Talitha Ministries
Empowering women struggling with lust, porn addiction, masturbation and sexual sin, to live a life of purity, authenticity and healing.
All in Good Time: Questions for Use by Book Clubs
Have you considered reading All in Good Time with your book club?
Click the link below for a printable PDF file of eleven reflective questions about the book to deepen your discussion or jump-start your conversation. (Contains spoilers.)
**To purchase books at bulk reduced-rate for book clubs, please contact the author directly at castfalk (at) verizon (dot) net.**
Discussion Questions for All in Good Time
If you’ve never been part of a book club, here are some tips to get you started: How to Start a Book Club and 10 Tips for Starting Your Own Book Club.
I’d love to visit your book club, in person if possible, but via Skype if you’re not within driving distance of my Hershey, Pennsylvania home.
All in Good Time Pinterest Board
Craving a chocolate martini? Looking for a pretty image of the Scripture verses Brian calls to mind? Want to know exactly what Prosecco is? Check out the All in Good Time Pinterest board!
All in Good Time Playlist
Unlike the playlists from my previous novels, this one includes only one song mentioned in the book. That one is “Instant Kharma.”
Instead, this is a small collection of songs related to the book or, in some cases, songs that were written out of the manuscript.
“Gravity,” by John Mayer, so perfectly describes the pull of sin dragging someone, in this case, Brian, down. “Vice,” “Broken Halos,” and “Demons” express similar themes.
“Tell Me Why,” sung here by Pat Benatar, is the lullaby I had in mind when Brian overhears Melanie singing to her children at bedtime. My own children have heard me sing this many, many times.
“Yahweh,” by U2, originally was part of the scene in which Brian is sickest and Melanie is recruited to “babysit” him, as he says. It is one of my favorites from U2.
Similarly, “Crazy Love” – Michael Bublé or the original Van Morrison recording, take your pick – was included in a marriage proposal scene that was deleted and re-written.
“Instant Kharma” was a very late addition to the bunch.
Relevant Fiction Reviews: Angels, Demons & Disembodied Spirits
October, or “spooky season,” as I keep hearing, is the perfect time to feature books that highlight the unseen realities of angels, demons, and disembodied spirits. Interestingly, not a single one of these is a horror novel.
Relevant Fiction Reviews: Novels that highlight the reality of unseen forces – good and evil – with angels, demons, and disembodied spirits. Share on X Continue readingClassic Catholic Novels
Below lie a dozen Catholic novels widely considered to be Catholic (and literary) classics. In some cases, the entire body of the author’s work could be included on this list. I stuck to one work per author.
In the case of The Lord of the Rings, it was simply easier to link the first book in the trilogy. Summaries provided are taken from the Amazon descriptions.
Classic Catholic Novels: A dozen to get you started! #CatholicFiction #CatholicClassics #CatholicNovels Share on X