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May 2017

May 18, 2017

St. Joseph: Our Father? – Part 1

Guest post by Dave McClow. Fatherlessness has become an epidemic in our society: 43% of...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Only the Godless Die Young

With apologies to Billy Joel, new research from Harvard shows that, irrespective of the state...

August 03, 2016

What Faith Stage Are You? The 6 Stages of Seeking Meaning, Significance, and Transcendence.

The following article is adapted from Discovering God Together: The Catholic Guide to Raising Faithful Kids...

July 2016

July 24, 2016

5 Ways Spiritual Direction Can Change YOUR Life

A guest blog by Deacon Dominic Cerrato, Ph.D., Director of the Pastoral Solutions Institute's Spiritual...

July 18, 2016

Got Spiritual Direction? New Resource Helps YOU Get the Most from Your Spiritual Life!

You don't have to be a saint to want to draw closer to God or...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

The Corporal Works of Mommy and Daddy: Living the “Little Way” of Family Life

In preparation for our oldest child's First Communion, we were reviewing the various Works of...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

A New Year Resolution: Stop Shaming Yourself

Four steps to graceful change in the new year. Whether or not you've made...

December 2015

December 03, 2015

A Response to Prayer Shaming: What Good is Prayer Anyway?

In light of the recent tragedy in San Bernardino, the New York Daily News and...

August 2015

August 06, 2015

Family Spirituality–Caring for the Heart of Your Home

Spirituality is the heart of our your home. Are you caring for your family's "heart...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Protecting YOUR Family’s “Heart Health”

Your family's spirituality is the heart of your home. Do you know how to protect...

July 28, 2015

Yes, You CAN Raise Faithful Kids

What are your chances your children will own their faith? Answer these 5 questions in...

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...

July 01, 2015

New Study Quantifies Spiritual Health Crisis in Catholic Families

My latest article for OSV's Daily Take If your child came home from school with...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

Catholic Families in Crisis: New Study Finds Catholic Homes Are Spiritually Bankrupt.

The Church teaches that family life is the basic unit of society and that as...

June 02, 2015

7 Ways to Free Yourself From Guilt

FaithStreet.com published an article on overcoming guilt and learning to forgive ourselves which is taken...

June 01, 2015

The Devil Made Them Do It. Was Charlie Challenge a Movie Marketing Campaign? Does it Matter?

Eonline is reporting the so-called Charlie Challenge was just a viral marketing campaign by Warner...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Discover The Hidden Truth About Your Ultimate Destiny in Christ.

Psalm 82 states: “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you” St....

May 26, 2015

Where’s Charlie? What Catholic Parents Need to Know About “the Charlie Challenge”

It seems to have come out of nowhere and gone viral in an instant. There...

May 26, 2015

Feelings of Awe Inspire Greater Generosity, New Study Finds

According to a story published at PsychCentral, "People who experience feelings of awe tend to exhibit...

May 21, 2015

The Divine Human: New Age Blasphemy or Christian Destiny?

(The following is excerpted from my forthcoming book, Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven...

April 2015

April 29, 2015

Attachment Parenting vs. Spiritual Detachment: Two Great Things That Go Great Together.

A guest blog by More2Life Radio Contributor, Kim Cameron-Smith An acquaintance and I were recently...

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...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Effective Coping for Emotional Distress

Earlier today I offered some reflections on what people-of-faith need to know about depression. I...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

The Four Components of Wisdom

I think most of us would like to be wise, or at least hope to...

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 01, 2014

Religion & Spirituality Affect Health in Different Ways

Are people who say they are "spiritual but not religious people" not as healthy as...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Will Your Kids Stay Catholic? (UPDATED)

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

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Coming Wed on More2Life: The God Connection (Plus, Win a Free Book! Details Below)

Coming WEDNESDAY on More2Life-- The God Connection: God loves you so much! He is reaching...

May 22, 2013

Why Don’t Christians Blame God When Bad Things Happen?

When terrible things happen, such as the tragic events in Moore, Oklahoma, non-believers often challenge...