Children have minds of their own. They do their own thing and love to find ways to become their own person. This makes it difficult
When my fiancé and I were still just dating, we approached our priest and spiritual director and asked him how we might discern if we
Let’s talk about awkward for a minute. How about when your family is talking about the wedding someone just went to: the flowers, the ceremony,
Since Feb. 28, 2013 — the last day of Pope Benedict’s papacy — I’ve been harboring a secret. A secret I’m ready to share. I
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
Last year, in the days before my wedding, I wrote about Deuteronomy 24:5: “When a man is newly wed, he shall not go out on a military
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
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.
Jesus Christ, the model par excellence of evangelization, turned over tables and called spiritual authorities “vipers”, but in regards to the world around Him he
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
My wife woke up this morning earlier than normal and hugged me, real hard. Surprised and in a sleepy stupor, I hugged her back as
My short answer to this question is yes: I absolutely think it’s possible for a woman to pursue a man, in a real, genuine way
3 Lessons and 2 Tips is a series of interviews on my blog in which some of my favorite people (and probably some of yours)
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
Planning a wedding is a lot of pressure. Everyone you know is invited, it’s (hopefully) a once-in-a-lifetime event and it’s the most formal occasion of
“Chesterton described the sentimentalist as having ‘no honor about ideas; he will not see that one must pay for an idea as for anything else.
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
“There are things which rightfully we ought to fear, if we are to enjoy and dignity as men. When, in an age of smugness and
In this excellent blog entry about Muslim child brides and the lost innocence of children, blogger Quirino Sugon asks, “We may condemn the Muslim practice
Reading Archbishop Cordileone’s words on “marriage sanity” made me look at the homosexual marriage debate through new eyes. He says: Too many children are being hurt by
You are not the chewed up gum that is stuck to the sidewalk and trampled on. You are not the spit water in the cup
