“It may easily be conceived how great a trial it is to us to write the following history of ourselves; but we must not shrink
It is one thing for the world to be against you. If I turn on the television for more than five minutes, I”m bombarded with the
So, how does a Catholic date in the modern world? Granted, pop culture gives us a picture of what we should avoid, but that does
In the middle of a test the teacher caught a boy cheating. According to her classroom policy she took the test and the boy was given
One of my favorite blogging priests is Fr. Z. Don’t ask me how to say his last name because I always get it wrong. “Zoo-hls-doorph”
Guest Post by Elizabeth Hoxie Our 5 month old is alternating between chomping on my knuckle, sucking on my husband’s pant leg and screaming at
….is that it makes a homerun that much greater. So I share with you about Monday, February 13th, the day our lives changed forever…the day that my
Chesterton gets it right again: The revolt against vows has been carried in our day even to the extent of a revolt against the typical
Guest post by Lynn Hale. How I Learned to Stop Wearing Black and Love the V-Day: A Perennially Single Gal’s Perspective We all know how
The little girl I babysit likes to give me her art. As it is now February, she is currently making Valentines. She asks me how
*I want to note that the other Featured Blogger today, Bonnie Engstrom, and I did not know what topic the other was writing about. Sometimes the
Looking at pictures of the March for Life makes me happy, with a little twinge of “Oh-I-wish-I-coulda-been-there!” All these people, many of them still students, interrupting
Recently, our house has been ringing with the wails of a 3-year-old girl. Morning, afternoon, and evening, Charlotte can usually be found sitting in a
It’s been 3 months and 2 weeks since Cristina and I got married…..and the day has yet to come when I don’t wake up thanking
This past weekend I had a lot to be both grateful for and to reflect on. Usually I use my Saturdays to sit back, relax,
I doubt Mark Driscoll has had the privilege (or good fortune) to meet Wendell Berry. In fact, it would not surprise me if Driscoll had
One of my heroes had a motto “Do the ordinary things extraordinarily” or something to that effect and gosh darn it if we as a
“Our Father who art in heaven…” When Jesus said, “when you pray say, Our Father” the colossal impact of this is lost on the modern
I’m wearing bunny slippers as I type this post. My late Aunt Tracey gave them to me two Christmases ago (her last Christmas). I wear
Last time I wrote here at Ignitum Today, I shared with you that I am expecting a new baby this spring and that I was experiencing the
About this time of year, moms in all corners of the blogosphere pull out their boxing gloves and prepare to battle to the death to
