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November 2015

November 03, 2015

RAISE FAITHFUL KIDS! SAVE 50% on a Great New Resource!

If you or your parish are looking for a way to empower families to foster...

October 2015

October 01, 2015

Hey Parents! Stop Asking Permission to Be A Family!

Moms and dads, I want to let you in on a secret. You don't need...

September 2015

September 10, 2015

Spiritual Autism & the Catholic-Evangelical Divide—AMENDED with APOLOGY

AUTHOR NOTE: In an attempt to address a serious problem I feel impacts the Church,...

September 03, 2015

World Meeting of Families Speakers Assert, “Family Life is an Activity, NOT an Accessory”

"We need to rediscover the gift of family life; that family life is its...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

“Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome”–An Autopsy on the Death of Religious Faith

Reba Riley's memoir, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing describes her loss...

August 20, 2015

You CAN Raise Faithful Kids: Discover the SCIENCE of Passing on the FAITH!

A review of Discovering God Together: The Catholic Guide to Raising Faithful Kids Dr. Greg...

August 18, 2015

Science Says, “Want Happiness? Go to Church!”

Science endorses church attendance?!? Atheists' heads explode in 3...2...1... From the Washington Post A new study...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

Family Spirituality: So What? Who Cares? & What’s In It For You?

If the idea of "family spirituality" sounds indescribably boring, oddly mysterious, or like a total...

June 2015

June 06, 2015

Mission Possible: 5 Keys to Raising Faithful Kids

What are your chances of raising faithful kids? Answer these 5 questions! For the Catholic...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

Prayer Works: A Psychological Case for Public Prayer and Graceful Governance

On the Patheos Atheist Channel, Jeffrey Jay Lowder posted an article titled, "Question for Theists:...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

How Healthy is YOUR Relationship with God? –TAKE THE QUIZ!

The following quiz* is a statistically valid and reliable measure that evaluates the degree to...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Time Magazine, “The Hell You Say?”

Time Magazine recently reprinted an article from Patheos Progressive Christian Channel blogger, John Shore, titled What Christianity without...

October 22, 2014

Want Faithful Kids? These 4 Secrets Will Make It Happen

Commonweal, has some bad news for Catholic parents. (But hang on, I've got the good...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Prayer Promotes Bonding, Study Says.

Servant of God, Fr. Patrick Peyton, is famous for the slogan, "the family that prays...

June 23, 2014

Putting Faith to Work Linked to Job Satisfaction.

(H/T PsychCentral) Regular attendance in a church that stresses faith as a component of work...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

What Stage is Your Faith?

We have a tendency to think that faith is faith. But we all recognize that...

May 05, 2014

Faith, Spirituality, Belief, Religion…What’s the Difference?

From infancy, every human person has an innate sense that "there is something more than...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

The Gates of Hell Will Not Prevail Against You: Mental Health, Medication, Healing, and Holy Week

One of the most liberating teachings of our Catholic faith is the idea that suffering--though...

April 09, 2014

Attachment and Faith Style: How Parenting Affects Your Experience of God

Yesterday, I linked a study reporting that 40% of US children suffer from insecure attachment....

February 2014

February 05, 2014

The Antidote to DIY Catholicism (Part II of Guest Blog by Dave McClow, LMFT, LCSW)

(Read Part One Here) The Catechism and Fatherhood What gets in the way of knowing...

February 04, 2014

Why Johnny Can’t Pray– Why Catholic Religious Education is Doomed to Fail.

Over at Egregious Twaddle, my fellow Patheosi, Joanne McPortland, has a provocative post about What's...

February 04, 2014

Are Your a Faithful Do It Yourself (DIY) Catholic? –Part 1 (Guest blog by Dave McClow, MA., LISW, LMFT)

When it comes to home improvement, there have always been do-it-yourselfers (DIYers). And if you’re...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

“Teach Us How To Pray” A Great New Guide for Families

On our radio program, More2Life, Lisa and I regularly get call from parents struggling with...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Papa Francis, The Prodigal, and “the Good Son.”

How do you feel about Pope Francis' style? I've been praying a lot about my...

September 13, 2013

Faith Helps Clients Get More Out of Therapy

A study from the Journal of Affective Disorders found some surprising results about faith and...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

“God is in the Pots and Pans”– Finding God in the Domestic Church

Catholics refer to the family as the "Domestic Church" but it would be easy to experience...

July 15, 2013

Emotional Security: Do You Know What YOUR Emotions Are Trying to Tell You?

Most Christians have a pretty ambivalent relationship with our emotions. We just don't know what...

July 02, 2013

Why Religious People Really ARE Compassionate AND Why Atheists are (more likely) Codependent

About a year ago, the media was all abuzz with a study that purported to...

June 2013

June 19, 2013

Coming Wed on More2Life Radio: Raising Faithful Kids (Plus, Win a Free Book! Details Below)

Coming Wednesday on More2Life: Raising Faithful Kids--Every Catholic parent wants to raise faithful kids. Today,...

June 18, 2013

Will Your Kids Stay Catholic? (UPDATED)

Most parents hope that their adult children will remain in the faith in which they...