In this technology-saturated world, Teresa Tomeo speaks from personal experience and candid observation on what we all need to do to be better followers of
One of the highlights of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land that I was on recently, was witnessing married couples renew their marriage vows in
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. —G. K. Chesterton When I was little, one of my
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and
It is a strange thing, but we as human beings are often eager critics. It is so easy to criticize, to catch the flaws and
The image of God that parents can portray is meant to make a mark in the hearts and memories of the children it serves. In
I am late writing this blog because I have been busy this week. I am almost always busy, but this week is busier than most
There are a great variety of vocations in life, but all require a deep, persistent love. Whether we look at our vocation in general terms
Don’t we all long to see God? Yet, so much of the time, He remains largely invisible to us. How does He reveal Himself in
You may not be able to create life, but you can almost always save one. If you say yes.
(This post originally appeared on www.yellowpelican.net) It started with an episode of the Magic School Bus and ended with a trip to Urgent Care. Last
A few weeks ago I had to make a trip back to the place of my origin as a Special Forces Soldier, a.k.a. Fort Bragg,
When Pope Francis issued his post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the mainstream media and major Catholic websites were all over it, highlighting the broad structure of
Once upon a time, out near Texas somewhere, I was conducting a training exercise. It was a an IED response/mass casualty lane and one of
“I’m sorry—I just don’t have time!” How often have we heard words like these—and how often do we express this lack ourselves! At least, I
A while back a friend sent me a TED talk about a study on happiness. The results did not surprise me, but confirmed exactly what
My husband – much like his father – gets things done on his own time schedule. If I ask him to fold the laundry or
A very wise teacher once told me that “good things are hard.” While rich with fulfillment and abounding with joy, parenting is definitely something that
“Many of us have had the experience of living in some local pocket of human society – some particular school, college, regiment or profession where
“I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving, to a family with faces full of makeup that know nothing of tenderness and compassion.
A few years ago, my wife and I got creative with our Lenten sacrifices. It was an idea I had, loosely based on a Holy
