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December 2013

December 17, 2013

Terrific (Free!) Catholic Parenting Reource! Check out Tender Tidings Winter Issue

More2Life contributor and IntentionalCatholicParenting.com founder, Kim Cameron-Smith has just posted the latest issue of Tender...

December 11, 2013

5 “Marks” of a Catholic Family—(My response to the Extraordinary Synod Survey Part II)

(This is Part II of the summary of my response to the Preparatory Document for...

December 04, 2013

Toward a Theology of Authentic Masculinity

A guest blog by Dave McClow, M.Div, LCSW, LMFT, clinical pastoral counseling associate of the...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Study Says,Casual Sex Can Cause Depression

“There’s always been a question about which one is the cause and which is the...

November 22, 2013

14 Habits of Highly Miserable People

In this tongue-in-cheek article, one of the founders of the Family Therapy movement articulates 14...

November 14, 2013

St John Chrysostum (& Other Saints) on Whether Catholic Parents Should Spank.

I came across an interesting sermon by St. John Chrysostum (c. 347-407) titled, An Address...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

All Hallow’s Eve. Be Not Afraid.

It's been a pleasure to see more Catholics discovering the truth about Halloween over the...

September 2013

September 15, 2013

Small Act of Kindness Gave Me Courage to Go On, Says Bipolar Woman

For someone who’d just gotten out of a psychiatric hospital for being actively suicidal, among...

September 10, 2013

Marriage Enemy #1

People often ask me what the biggest problem affecting marriages is. They usually expect me...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

Does Induced Labor Increase the Risk of Autism?

A potentially disturbing study reveals that children who have been born by induced or augmented...

August 07, 2013

Low Posting High Travel This Week

Hi All. I haven't forgotten about you. I was on retreat this past weekend and...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Science Supports Theology of the Body: Your Happiness Type is Expressed in Your Genes

The Theology of the Body tells us that each person was made for self donation and that if we...

July 31, 2013

COMING WED on More2Life Radio–Setting Limits Kids Will Listen To

Coming Wednesday on More2Life: Setting Limits Kids will Listen To: Parenting involves setting limits but...

July 17, 2013

Coming Wed on More2Life Radio: Bad Relationship Habits

Coming WEDNESDAY on More2Life: Bad Relationship Habits--We all have them. Little ways we take each...

July 03, 2013

Come Away, My Beloved–Do You Know How Much God Desires You?

Here is a piece I did yesterday for the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend's My...

July 02, 2013

Radiopalooza

Hi all, Sorry for the limited blogging this week. Besides getting ready for the holiday,...

July 01, 2013

Coming Mon on More2Life Radio: Marriage Fireworks!

Coming Mon on More2Life: Marriage Fireworks--As we get ready for the 4th of July we'll...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Getting the Marriage Conversation Right–Responding to objections

Nicole asks some important questions that I thought it might be helpful to respond to...

June 27, 2013

The Marriage Debate: What NOT to Do (and What TO do instead)

There is really no way to put a smiley face on it. Yesterday's SCOTUS decisions dealt a serious blow...

June 06, 2013

Where are all the Comments? Umm, oops…

I need to apologize to my readers. When I was on vacation back in May,...

June 05, 2013

The Holy Fool Offers a Contrarian Take on the Modesty Question

I find this "fool's" arguments offer a worthwhile corrective to a lot of confusion on what modesty...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Can You Teach the Theology of the Body to a 10yo? Should you?

Catholic Patheosi, Elizabeth Husted Duffy, posts her suggestions on what a "true" sexual education out...

May 09, 2013

Gone Fishin’

Hi All, Fear not. I haven't been eaten by the Patheos-wide DisQus install--not yet anyway. I'll be...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Jesus Never Said I Couldn’t Paint the Baby

...so I did. (Patheos Goddess and Grand Poohbah of the Catholic Portal, Elizabeth Scalia, is...

April 04, 2013

Something we can all agree on

April 02, 2013

COMING TUES on MORE2LIFE RADIO: A Question of Mercy.

Coming Tues on More2Life Radio: A question of mercy. We'll look at mercy, what it...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

The Bunny, The Bunny, Got to Love the Bunny. Why Easter isn’t Pagan After All

Happy Easter. Her's why you shouldn't feel so guilty about tucking into your Easter basket....

March 30, 2013

3 Myths About Christ and His Passion.

I recently discovered The Holy Fool. He has some good stuff you might not know...

March 27, 2013

Coming Wed to More2Life Radio: Pray without Ceasing

Coming Wed: Pray without Ceasing--As we prepare to enter into the Triduum, we bring all...

March 21, 2013

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them…

If you haven't seen it, please watch this video of an 11yo girl's testimony to...