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Helping Young Families: The Church’s Job?
This past month I’ve been thinking about the difficulties of raising young families. Conversations with friends and family and my…
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Orphan’s New Year’s Resolution: Build a House for Other Orphans
Imagine a Kenyan AIDS orphan living in a mud hut with his two brothers and walking several miles to school…
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5 Ways to Keep the Christmas Spirit Alive in Your Heart
The calendar reads December 27th. Secular society has us fully ensconced in “after-Christmas” sales and is already prepared to move…
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A Baby Changes Everything
In the quiet of night, a young mother holds her baby to her, admiring his fingers and toes, exploring the…
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Magnets and Christmas
Magnets and Christmas “Why are you writing about my magnets?” my son asked with squinty-eyes and raised lip,…
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Open to…Miscarriage?
During Advent my thoughts always turn to ultimate things — waiting, longing, begging, pining for answers to ultimate questions, to…
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The Time of Giving and the Giving of Time
Christ is quoted, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Therein is one of life’s toughest lessons. How…
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The Season of the Unexpected
I was putting our younger daughter to sleep, and as we snuggled in the chair, I started singing: “Chestnuts roasting…
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An Advent Tale: What’s On Fire?
Dutifully, Catholics go on the hunt each year for the highly coveted, purple and pink candle ensemble vital to any…
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If Aristotle’s Kid Had an iPod
What is the difference between a child born in the Twenty-first century and one born in 300 BC? Nothing, since…