As he’s entered middle age, Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, who has been riding the spirituality circuit for more than 30 years, has started to think about...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
There are many passages in the parent-child relationship: birth, weaning from the breast or bottle, preschool or kindergarten, high school, full-time work or...
The decline of a parent is not just a physical and financial challenge, it's a spiritual one as well. Kathy Bingham knew she had reached midlife when...
Mosquito netting and malaria medication aren’t usually on the packing list for a family vacation. But seeing the developing world firsthand can be the...
How busy schedules are sapping our spirit. After 15 years in the feverish world of corporate technology sales, Lu Ann Polejewski, mother of two, decided to...
By sparing the rod, both parents and children will learn the gospel discipline of nonviolence, argues this mother of four. Five, four, three, two…...
Are cohabiting Catholics always "living in sin"? Two respected family ministry researchers argue "no" and suggest the recovery of an...
In July of 1999, a group of marriage-imrpovement gurus made a pilgrimage to the University of Notre Dame to celebrate 50 years of the Christian...
Marriage enrichment is a popular topic these days. Couples want to have the best marriages possible especially because with longer life spans we can anticipate...
As they gether around the dinner table each evening, the Yala family of Oak Park, Illinois gives thanks to God in both English and Arabic. Dana bows her...
