Of Wedding Bells and Baby Booties: 10 Reasons to Have Kids Early in Your...
It’s amazing how you can go from normal gal to alien life-form in a microsecond when you announce to others that you are pregnant after being married for a year or less. Some people go as far as to...
View ArticlePraying Backward
His words grabbed my attention like an alarm clock rousing me from sleep. It’s not as if the priest was saying anything I hadn’t heard before, but now, it was like I was hearing it for the first time....
View ArticleThe Engaged and Newlywed Book List
Getting married or have you recently tied the knot? Do you have a friend or family member who just got engaged? This book list is your ultimate shopping and reading guide. My husband and I are both...
View ArticleGrandma’s Ice Cream
Grandma didn’t always make chicken and rice casserole without the chicken. And she didn’t always ask mom three times if she wanted to save or throw out the leftover peas. But these moments became the...
View Article20 Lessons I Will Teach My Son
My little boy should arrive any day now. Having ventured beyond my due date, I’m experiencing Advent as the “season of patient waiting” to a very realistic extent this year. The extra days have given...
View ArticleFive Reminders That Will Change Your Spiritual Life During Lent
1. “There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!” (Venerable Fulton Sheen) Begin every morning with a positive,...
View ArticleI Went to School for Years! Now I’m a Stay-at-Home Mom…?
The other day I was reflecting on a common frustration among stay-at-home moms—the seemingly “wasted” years of higher education that apparently get tossed aside when children enter the picture....
View ArticleWhat God Did When I Thought My Crosses Were Too Small
This Lent, I resumed my favorite Lenten prayer tradition, praying for a different person, couple, or family each of the 40 days, offering all of my prayers, petitions, frustrations, joys, and...
View ArticleThe Quiet Voice that Calls You
I remember years ago having to write an essay for an English class on the topic, “Why I Write.” I wish I could find the essay and see what I had to say about my reasons for writing back in high school....
View ArticleLook At Me
I sat there in the quiet chapel, feeling exceptionally grateful for my seven-month-old son’s spontaneous nap, which gave me the chance to savor a few minutes with Jesus in adoration. Still,...
View ArticleYour “Most Solemn Obligation”
Without question, parents are the primary influence on the faith lives of their children. Study after study shows that when parents are strong spiritual leaders, and when fathers—yes, dads in...
View ArticleTithing: Making Time, Talent, and Treasure Servants to Your Spiritual Leadership
“The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under...
View ArticleTurning Around the Crisis of Spiritual Leadership in Families
I’m sure you were as dismayed as I was at the recent, sobering findings of the CARA study on the spiritual health of Catholic families. Dr. Gregory Popcak wrote an important article about it here and...
View ArticleThe Characters of the Nativity and Their Lessons for Living — Shepherds
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleThe Characters of the Nativity and Their Lessons for Living — Angels
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleThe Magi: Watchfulness and Action
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleSt. Joseph: Humility and Devotion
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleMary: Trust and Obedience
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleThe Infant Jesus: The Blessedness of Littleness and Joy
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
View ArticleThe Holy Family: Salvation and Love
As Christians, we are very familiar with Advent as a season of waiting, but really, our whole life is, essentially, a long season of waiting. Particularly, we wait for the last Advent—the last coming...
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