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September 2014

September 17, 2014

Can Kids Still Play Outside?

The issues brought up in this article in which a Texas woman was visited by...

August 2014

August 14, 2014

Another Lands’ End Warning

Over the last week, Lands' End customers, many of whom were ordering school uniforms for their...

August 12, 2014

Lands’ End: Uniforms and Porn Follow up

Thank you to all who took the time to write, post on social media or...

August 12, 2014

Response to the Situation in Iraq

Like many of you, I have been horrified by the news stories about the persecuted communities...

August 11, 2014

Land’s End Warning: Order School Uniforms, Get Porn

Upon getting our mail on Saturday we found a pornographic magazine addressed to my name,...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

The Pope on Sports

Pope Francis recently shared some beautiful thoughts on sports. Red alludes to this often...the great...

May 2014

May 26, 2014

Happy Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, I am particularly thankful for all of the men and women...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

“God’s Double Agent” Book Review

Recently, the editors of Patheos offered us the opportunity to read and review Bob Fu...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Day of Fasting and Prayer for Syria

Pope Francis has announced for the whole church a day of fasting and prayer on...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

Pope Francis Welcomes Family with Anencephalic Baby

My heart is pounding and I am smiling ear to ear as I have just...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

Pope Francis: Throwing Away Food is Like Stealing from the Poor

In his weekly message at the beginning of June, Pope Francis urged all Catholics to...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Pray for the Supreme Court this Morning

Friends, the Supreme Court will be announcing its ruling this morning at 10 a.m. on two...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Hookups and iPhones

Donna Frietas' book, The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture Is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled,...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

Prayers for Boston

On behalf of all of the Builders, I want to say that our fervent prayers...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

Pope Francis and Our Call to Service

How Pope Francis will help us start serving the church and stop serving ourselves.

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Farewell, Pope Benedict!

In the summer of 2002, I had the amazing opportunity to meet and have a...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

On the Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

This is so beautiful, I have tears in my eyes. Thank you to Lori at...

January 04, 2013

Saying No to Fear

How the Sandy Hook tragedy should and should not influence our attitude towards toy guns.

December 2012

December 16, 2012

Talking about Sandy Hook

Beyond a national conversation about gun control or mental illness, what can we do to...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Pop Music and Kids

From one of our dear friends: I am growing weary of listening to toddler music...

November 04, 2012

Why Catholics Must Not Vote for Obama

It’s pretty simple really. No Catholic, and really no person of faith, can in good...

November 01, 2012

Putting First Things First with Your Vote

In our day, sanctity-of-life issues are foundational -- not because of anyone's 'religious' views about...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

President or Sugar Daddy?

While I plan to post more thoughts on the election later this week (where I...

October 29, 2012

If you can read this, you must have power…

The 4 builders on the East Coast are hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy. We have...

October 25, 2012

How to Vote (quite literally)

It is one thing to become an informed voter and decide how you will cast...

October 23, 2012

Social Commentary Worth Reading this Election Season

We are in the heat of Election Season here in the United States, and there...

October 17, 2012

Dipping a toe in to the political waters

Was any one else really embarrassed by the debate last night? I'm not sure whether...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Bikinis and the Male Brain

Check out this video clip in which author Jason Evert discusses a Princeton study on...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

An African Woman’s Plea to Melinda Gates

Dear friends ~ I found this article to be both enlightening and touching, and wanted...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

Olympics and Spiritual Training

My husband and I were discussing how we can incorporate fun learning and maybe some...