Necessary Conversations Webinar Series
Necessary Conversations About the Harm of Pornography
In this webinar, Jeff Arrowood and Alice Heinzen will explain why pornography - even just a small dose of it - is immediately harmful to persons. Then, they will work with you on ways to speak reasonably about its dangers at the right time and place, with the most loving dynamic and approach.
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Conversation Guide
The conversation guide for this session helps you to build a conversation about the dangers of pornography using the elements of a formational relationship we introduced in the first webinar. In the process, the guide also summarizes the main points from the video lesson.
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Pornography Statistics
The document we referred to in the webinar is available from Covenant Eyes. It does require you to opt-in with your email address, but we highly recommend that you do so. Covenant Eyes does not send a lot of email, but what they do send is worth reading.
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Clean Heart Online
Another resource from Covenant Eyes, Clean Heart Online provides Catholic ministry leaders, educators, and parents strategies to revitalize culture and appropriately address pornography. Both pastoral and practical in nature, this resource equips marriages and families to live with integrity online. Read their "about" page then decide if you want to register for this free program or not.
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Equipped: Smart Catholic Parenting in a Sexualized Culture
This ebook includes a seven day text-to-opt-in program that provides practical tips that adults can take to create safer digital environments.
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Integrity Restored
Integrity Restored is a Catholic organization with the mission to restore integrity to anybody who has fallen into pornography addiction. They have great resources for parents, pastors, and anyone who works with families about the dangers of ponography, how to protect yourself and your family, and recovery from addiction.
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Create a Covenant Eyes Screen Accountability Account
Covenant Eyes Screen Accountability is the filtering/accountability program we talked about in the webinar. You can create an account with Covenant Eyes and try their filtering/accountability software free for 30 days. Just use the promo code FTA when you check out to get your first 30 days free.
Please note that this is an affiliate link, which mean that we will receive a small commission if you create an account. So you'll be supporting our work while getting a great tool to protect your family!
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Beauty
In this article, Dr. Jeff Mirus explores the Catholic understanding of beauty. Dr. Mirus explores the difference between "beauty," "prettiness" and "attractiveness."
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The Catholic Notion of Beauty
This article by Dr. Peter Chojnowski is a bit more advanced (philosophical and theological). It explores the historical reasons for the changes in the way our culture views beauty, and explains the traditional Catholic standards for beauty that come from the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
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Transformed by Beauty
One more resource from Covenant Eyes, this ebook is about how beauty can change your life.
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Parenting for Purity Bookstore Bundle
This special bundle from Jeff's From the Abbey ministry contains some powerful resources for Catholic parents, including
- Unfiltered:Equipping Parents for an Ongoing Conversation About Internet Pornography - an hour-long DVD-based workshop to educate parents about the dangers of pornography and how to prepare their children for a world where it's easily accessible.
- Parenting for Purity - In this Lighthouse Talks audio CD, Jason evert teaches 10 strategies to guard the innocence of your family and communicate the message of chastity to them.
- Protecting Innocence: Parenting, Your Kids, and the Internet - In this Lighthouse Talks audio CD, Matt Fradd presents new data to show how the changes in the types and accessibility of pornography being promoted today make it far more dangerous and harmful than ever before. Matt draws from a wealth of experience to guide parents in taking decisive action to protect their children, and he empowers adults with specific wording to effectively address this sensitive topic with children of all ages before they encounter pornography or after they’ve been exposed to it.
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