2010-11-12T14:46:07-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/mary+ann+lepine/ http://truewoman.com/?id=1485 2010-11-12T14:46:07-05:00 As a child growing up in a Roman Catholic family during the 1960s, we celebrated Halloween. That is to say, on October 31, we cobbled together homemade costumes of sad hobos, friendly ghosts, and fierce pirates so we could run from one house to another shouting “Trick or Treat!” as we gathered lots of candy. http://truewoman.com/?id=1108 2010-09-08T12:07:21-05:00 "Recently I had my fourth kidney stone. Have you ever had one? The pain is unrelenting, consuming, and unresponsive to any 'over-the-counter' pain meds. It's a paralyzing, helpless, hopeless kind of feeling. My initial response to the pain was to focus inwardly and whimper to Jesus for relief." http://truewoman.com/?id=1138 2010-09-08T11:32:39-05:00 When my husband and I were married over 30 years ago, I didn't know what I didn't know about marriage, men, or relationships. I knew that I loved Bob and that I wanted to be with him until “death do us part,” and I thought that was enough. http://truewoman.com/?id=1189 2010-09-01T11:59:29-05:00 I had been a Christian for over 20 years, but this was the first time someone had offered to pray for me, and then did so--immediately--out loud and in my hearing, and over the phone! I thought to myself, how bold, how strange, and how wonderful to hear someone praying for me.