In my years since becoming a parent, I’ve heard myself, not infrequently, repeating the aphorisms and one-liners that formed the soundtrack of my childhood...
Parenting
My mother didn’t want to homeschool us, but my father insisted. When she resisted, he manipulated her into continuing. I pondered this while I read an article...
Five of my nine pregnancies were the result of trying to use NFP (natural family planning) with a man who became drunk and abusive towards me and the children...
In February 2023, a revival started in the chapel at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. It started with a small group of students lingering after worship...
It crossed my mind recently that what I really need to be the parent I want to be is a personality transplant. When I think of the parents I most admire, in...
Our 6-year-old recently informed my wife and me that he would be going to college three times—because he wanted to be 1) an explorer, 2) a paleontologist, and...
I’ve never been one to pray novenas, but I recently downloaded the Hallow app as research for another article I’m writing and, committed to trying out a...
Easter necessitates exuberance for the resurrection of the Lord and the gift of new life. But some parishes fall short of this joyful acceptance of new life...
I’m an anxious, type A parent in a host of unflattering ways, but for some reason my language use isn’t one of them. I swear a lot, and while I’ve made...
“Does Jesus pump the blood into my veins?” wondered my intrigued and somewhat confused 3-year-old after I explained that God incarnate lives in her heart. Her...