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All Love Bears Fruit
Fruitfulness is one of the essential gifts of marriage. We’re all familiar with God’s words to Adam and Eve in…
Browsing: Parenting
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Patient Progress
My son called from graduate school, somewhat discouraged. As part of his degree program, he works with ninth graders, spending…
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How to Have a Happy Marriage (Even When You’re Busy with Kids)
Marital satisfaction tends to take a dip once that first baby comes home from the hospital (or out of the…
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Your 2016 Handy-Dandy List of Lenten Resources
Lent comes early this year. February 10th is Ash Wednesday! That’s just three weeks away, folks. So instead of waiting until the last…
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Family Ties that Lift Us Up
Jesus’ invitation to discipleship comes with a warning: “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his…
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Christmas Time Out of Time
My five year old daughter and I were playing a guitar duet together. On just one guitar: I fingered the…
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Make Family Reconciliation an Advent Tradition
It is 1535 London. The prior of the Carthusian monks at the London Charterhouse tries to prepare his brothers for…
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Learning from the Moms
I’m a new priest and I have a lot to learn. Of course, working in a parish affords me many…
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How to Discern Whether Adoption is Right for You
In honor of National Adoption Month, here’s my review of Jaymie Stuart Wolfe’s excellent discernment guide, Adoption: Room for One…
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Let Your Spousal Love Grow
This past summer, after nearly 16 years of marriage, my husband and I took our first bona-fide, airline-ticket “weekend away.”…