Columnists
And God Made A Father
“I can’t believe you have a freakin’ kid.” I hear that phrase a lot now from my old high school and college friends. “I know,”
Matthew Tyson
June 12, AD 2014
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Columnists
Slender Man Stabbing: Five Things You Can Do
The news is full of violence. It is hard not to become desensitized to the terrible ways humans treat humans. A recent story that really
Theresa Noble
June 7, AD 2014
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Columnists
Celibates Make Great Parents
There are a few things that I do every day. I brush my teeth. I drink a cup, or three, of coffee. I check my
Lauren Meyers
June 1, AD 2014
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Columnists
Just Food Is Not Enough!
Before my baby was born in April, I had carefully been reading and rereading Gina Ford’s The Contented Little Baby Book. It consists of several
Julie Machado
May 28, AD 2014
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Columnists
Setting the Example
There’s a young couple at church that we like hanging out with. They’re in their twenties and just starting out, but so smart and fun
Rebecca Frech
May 15, AD 2014
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Columnists
Finding Our Place: An Update
I thought I would take a moment to update you on a topic near and dear to my heart. Several weeks back, I wrote an
Elizabeth Teixeira
March 16, AD 2014
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Family
Families Support Each Other
A man shared with me recently that at his swimming competitions when he was a little boy, he would watch his teammate embrace his coach at
Julie Machado
January 8, AD 2014
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Columnists
Parables In Parenting
Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart. These lines always seemed particularly beautiful to me, even as a child. They are so
Caitlin Marchand
December 30, AD 2013
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Columnists
Six More Reasons Why Everyone Should Have kids
Last August, I wrote about why everyone should have kids. At several points in the combox, I was called out for being selfish. According to
TJ Burdick
December 21, AD 2013
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Merry Digital Christmas
As the day of Christ’s birth hurtles towards us, it is definitely easy to get caught up in the spin of things. Retailers, desperate to
Chris Ricketts
December 15, AD 2013
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Columnists
Does Jesus Love the Elf on the Shelf?: Five Ways to Celebrate the Sacred in the Secular
We’re in the thick of the Christmas season, well, the secular Christmas season. We all know the Christmas season doesn’t start until after Christmas, right?
Lauren Meyers
December 10, AD 2013
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Family
Veiled Words: Modesty in Speech and Thought
“The Victorians pretended sex did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.” Archbishop Fulton J Sheen This is my first post writing for Ignitum
Caitlin Marchand
December 2, AD 2013
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Defining “Young Adult”
Who are considered the “young adults” in your community? Are they teenagers? Are they single twenty-somethings? Are they young professionals? Are they young mothers and
Elizabeth Teixeira
November 17, AD 2013
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Books
An Interview with Simcha Fisher, Author of <em>The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning</em>
Simcha Fisher’s book, The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, is still sitting pretty in the Top 10 on Amazon’s list of Catholic books. The
Bonnie Engstrom
November 8, AD 2013
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Family
Liturgical Parenting
Liturgy is a lot like parenting. No. Liturgy IS parenting. Jesus Christ is the groom and His Church the bride. Together they have done a
TJ Burdick
October 26, AD 2013
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Columnists
True Mission or a “Poverty Vacation:” Are Mission Trips a Waste of Money?
By James Franke I’ve heard the argument a hundred times, phrased a hundred different ways. It all boils down to the same basic mentality: short
Family Missions Company
October 17, AD 2013
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Ralph’s Mom
Recently my son and I were at the grocery store. He was wearing a Thomas the Tank Engine shirt and was playing with the cart as
Bonnie Engstrom
October 11, AD 2013
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Family
Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, Bin Laden, and Grandma Sophie
One of the 14 part-time jobs I had while I was in college was as a messenger for a high-powered law firm in Minneapolis, MN.
Nic Davidson
October 10, AD 2013
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Columnists
Family Life: A Call for Volunteers
Wait…you want me to be involved? This week was our parish’s Ministry Fair. They have been publicizing this fair for weeks. When we headed over
Elizabeth Teixeira
September 29, AD 2013
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Columnists
Love and Laundry
Sometimes I wonder how much of my life I will spend folding laundry. I tend to get particularly perturbed at the pile of apparel when
Lauren Meyers
September 22, AD 2013
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Family
Pride and Postpartum Depression
My husband married a woman who had the ability to laugh things off, to be spontaneous, to work hard and get ‘er done. And then
Bonnie Engstrom
September 13, AD 2013
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